For a Good Time, Call...
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55 out of 100

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6.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Ari Graynor, Justin Long, Lauren Miller
  • Summary: The reserved Lauren and the irrepressible Katie are polar opposites… and past enemies. But when both come up short on the funds needed to afford their dream New York City apartment a mutual friend re-introduces them and they reluctantly agree to room together. These apartment-mates have nothing in common – until Lauren discovers that Katie is working as a phone-sex operator, and recognizes a good business opportunity. But as their business partnership takes off, their newfound friendship finds unexpected challenges that may leave them both, as they say, hanging on the telephone. (Focus Features)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 28
  3. Negative: 6 out of 28
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Aug 24, 2012
    83
    The notion of a love story that's really about two women becoming friends is gimmicky, I'll grant, but Graynor and Miller are so charming together, and the movie is so focused and funny.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Aug 30, 2012
    60
    The most adorably filthy movie you may ever see.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jess Righthand
    Aug 30, 2012
    38
    Even if a good phone-sex movie does exist, For a Good Time, Call . . . is woefully, definitively not it.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. MegWhiteley
    7
    For a Good Time Call, wow, good movie, have much funny situations, and much funny lines, an interesting trama, with a great development, and good performances. I consider that For a Good Time Call is a good movie.… Expand
  2. MarcDoyle
    7
    Surprisingly, the writing is fresh, and Ari Graynor is at her comic best here. Don't overthink it - you know it's going to be fluffy fun, and it is. Check it out.… Expand
  3. nickgreene11
    2
    Campy to a fault, For a Good Time, Call... takes an unorthodox subject, phone sex, and lays it on top of a plot which checks off every single cliché in film about friendship. The two protagonists were flatter than cardboard cutouts, introduced more as caricatures than characters. The only exception was Justin Long's character who's quirkiness stole our attention every time he was on screen. A story with no struggle, and no point, dictated by the horrible soundtrack.… Expand

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