The Calling 2014

Melissa Maerz, Entertainment Weekly: There's one scene in this serial-killer drama that may haunt you, especially if you have a thing about corpses' mouths (shiver). Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: [Comes] across as the sort of standard police procedural that might serve as the pilot for a television series. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: Stone ... creates a taut, enveloping atmosphere as the mystery's grim puzzle pieces unfold. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Basically this is the story of some major talents having to make do, once again, with a minor film. And that's a crime too, if not quite a sin. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: The cast is so good, they elevate and expand the movie. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times: "The Calling" aims to unsettle, but when a movie primarily leaves you wanting to learn more about the jurisdictional conflicts of Canadian law, it can't properly be called a thriller. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail: What not even Sutherland can do, and which eventually makes you want to lie down on the floor just like Sarandon, is make The Calling convincing or compelling. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Here's a mystery: what the heck is Susan Sarandon doing north of the border in a low-budget Canadian thriller called The Calling? Read more

Pete Vonder Haar, Village Voice: The Calling breathes new life into a moribund genre by touching oft-ignored themes and offering a bit of introspection to go along with the obligatory slashed throats and biblical portents. Read more