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. I have to say the storyline in the film is incredible because the idea of of a kid getting locked in a soundproof basement and has to talk to The Grabber´s dead victims to help him find out how to get out of the basement and take down the Grabber has a lot of potential in the film executes it perfectly. It is probably up there with the storyline in the Northman as one of the best story lines of 2022.

The acting in this movie is still terrific because all of them are doing a terrific job with their performances and I can tell that everyone is having fun at their characters to be honest the acting in this movie is probably up there with Everything Everywhere All At Once as one of the best acted films of 2022. This movie is probably up there with Furious a Mad Max Saga as one of the best acted films of the 2020s.

Now for this Mason Thomas ´ s very first film did I have say he still does an excellent job as Finney Blake. Now Finney Blake as 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. The scene of Finny Blake Is when he is fighting The Grabber near the end of the film Because he wanted to get revenge on him for kidnapping him and lock him in his basement a literally beats him to death which kills him. It is probably the most nail by name moment of 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. Now Gwan Blake as character is Incredible because she has shown that she really cares for older brother Finney Blake And just wants to be reunited him The scene Gwen Blake Where she is reunited with her brother Finney Blake Is one of the most powerful moments of the entire film because she wanted her older brother to get out of the basement and be reunited with her. It is probably the most powerful and one of the most emotionally beautiful moments of 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.  Now The character of Robin Is incredible 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. The Scene Robin  is when  he calls Fanny Blake over the phone and teaches him how to fight It is probably the most powerful moment of the entire film because Fanny Blake need to learn how to defend himself in order to take down The Grabber. It is probably the most important moment 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. Now The Grabber is astonishing villain because 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. The scene where 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 Ethan Hawke gave in 2022. I think this is a better performance. I think The Grabber is up there with Jean Jacket from Nope as one of the best villains of 2022 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. 

 

However the best thing about this movie is The directing by Scott  Derickson Because what I love about his directing is that he does a terrific job of developing all of the characters especially the character of Finney Blake Because she wants to get out of the Grabber's basement and be with his sister Gwen and at first he doesn't know how to fight he gets mistreated at school but once he wants home to defend himself he usually that to get revenge on the grammar and beats him to death and he escapes from the basement. I also like how he made this movie really disturbing and what makes this film so disturb me that he did the tremendous job of making the grab her a very creepy and disturbing villain Because he enjoys kidnapping children and locking them in his basement. I like how he doesn't give the Grabber a backstory because he sort of liked the Joker both of them are shrouded in mystery. I think it was really terrific of how he did that.

 So in conclusion i still really enjoy the film big head the storyline revolving around Finney Blake learning how to survive in the Grabber's basement will also getting advice of how to get out by using the phone to talk to The Grabber's previous dead victims that he has killed and the film executed that concept of being locked in a soundproof basement and talking to dead victims over a phone perfectly. But the strongest thing about this movie is the bonding between Finny Blake and his sister Gwen Blake because he really cares about her he also enjoys spending time with her. I think that is the strongest aspect of the entire film. Also the Grabber is such a tremendous villain his motivation for kidnapping children and locking them in his soundproof basement is really interesting and really disturbing Because there is no reason of why he doesn't he just enjoys doing it. Also Ethan Hawke gives one of his best performances he has ever given in his career. Also I think The Grabber is probably up there with Warlord Dementus from Furiousa a Mad Max Saga as one of the best villains of the 2020s. I highly recommend you watch this film especially if you enjoy the Northman with Alexander Skarsgard then i'm sure you're going to like this one as well. I give this movie a 97/10.