Here is My Movie Review of The Black Phone

 

Here is My Movie Review of The Black Phone

So basically what happens is that you have this 13-year-old boy named Finney Who gets kidnapped by this serial killer named the Grabber Who locks him in his Soundproof basement. Then he eventually receives calls from all the children that The Grabber had killed and he has to do everything as power to take down the Grabber and escape the basement. That is basically what the story is for this movie. 

The acting in this movie is still terrific. I still think everyone is giving their all and I can tell all the actors are having fun as their characters. 

Now for this Mason Thomas ´ s very first film did I have say He still does a excellent job as Finney Blake. What makes Finney Blake such an interesting character is that He wants to do everything in his power to escape the Grabber´s basement and you can see how scared he is because he is worried that he will never escape from The Grabber. Probably the best moment with Finny Blake Is when he is fighting The Grabber near the end of the film. It is probably the most intense scene in the entire film. The chemistry between him and Madeleine McGraw, Miguel Cazarez Mora, and Ethan Hawke is still really spectacular. 

Madeleine McGraw Plays Finney Blake´s younger sister Gwan Blake. I have to say she still does an amazing job as this character. What makes Gwan Blake such a sympathetic character is that all she wants to do is to be reunited with her brother Finney Blake. Probably The best moment in the film with Gwen is at the end of the film where she sees her brother Finney Blake and hug him. It is probably the most emotional scene in the entire film.  the chemistry between  her and   Mason Thomas is still really astonishing. 

Miguel Cazarez Mora plays Finney Blake's friend Robin. I have to say he still does a fantastic job as this character.  What makes Robin such a remarkable character is that he really cares about Finney Blake  and he wants him to escape from the Grabber.  The friendship between him and Finney Blake  is probably the strongest aspect of the film.  Probably the best moment with Robin  is when  he calls Fanny Blake over the phone and teaches him how to fight. It is probably one of the best moments of the entire film.  The chemistry between him and Mason Thomas is  phenomenal.

 

However the absolute standout of this entire movie is Ethan Hawke as The Grabber.  What makes The Grabber such a  astonishing villain is it that  he is very disturbing and very crazy in the head because what he basically does is he  kidnaps children and put them in his van and then kills the children and then he puts their bodies in another house where he keeps all the other dead bodies of the children.  Also the grabber is  a villain that you just love to hate because  he is so cruel and evil they just want this lunatic to die and he eventually gets what's coming to him when Finney Blake  chokes him to death with the phone Cord.  Probably the best moment with the Grabber is where he lures Finny Blake into the van and knocks him out and puts them in his soundproof basement. It is probably the most disturbing scene of the entire film. I still think of the two performances that I saw with Ethan Hawke this is the better performance. But I still really enjoy him in Moon Knight as Arthur Harrow. It is probably the most underrated Marvel Cinematic Universe villain performances.  This is in my top 10 of my top 50 favorite  performances.  The rivalry between him and Finny Blake is still really  marvelous.  The chemistry between him and Mason Thomas is still really  awesome. 

 

The directed by Scott  Derickson is still really interesting  because I like his directing because he does a great job of sending the tone of the film of being a claustrophobic horror.  I still think this is up there with Rodrigo´es´s  directing of the movie Buried  as of the  most disturbing movies ever directed.  I also like how he  made the movie completely accurate to the book The Black Phone written by Joe Hill.  I still think it is really cool how he did that.  Fun fact this is the same director who directed Doctor Strange back in 2016. 

 So in conclusion I still really enjoyed this movie.  I still think  Ethan Hawke still gives his best  performance he ever did.  I still think this is one of the best movies of 2022. It is still in my top 20 favorite movies of 2022. I still think this movie is up there with the Voices as one of my favorite horror movies. I give this movie a 10/10.