The Night Listener

If there is one thing to recommend about this film is that it is intriguing. The premise certainly draws the audience in because it is a mystery, and throughout the film there are hints that there is something dark lurking... Read more at imdb.com

I couldn't give this film a bad rating or bad review for two reasons: Robin Williams and Toni Collete. The film has the potential of being a thriller and there are some slight disturbing elements that lean to the psychological... Read more at imdb.com

The Night Listener held my attention, with Robin Williams shining as a New York City radio host who becomes enamored with his friendship with a 14 year old boy (Rory Culkin) who is very ill. Williams has never met the... Read more at imdb.com

Just who is that person on the other end of the line, in any virtual relationship that we may happen to engage? In "The Night Listener" a late-night NYC radio storyteller named Gabriel (Robin Williams) talks to, and corresponds with,... Read more at imdb.com

This Night Listener is better than people are generally saying. It has weaknesses, and it seems to be having a genre identity crisis, no doubt, but I think its creepy atmosphere and intriguing performances make up for this. The whole... Read more at imdb.com

Popular radio storyteller Gabriel No one(Robin Williams,scraggy and speaking in hushed,hypnotic tones) becomes acquainted and friends with a fourteen-year-old boy from Wisconsin named Pete Logand(Rory Culkin),who has written a book detailing sexual abuse from his parents. To boot,Pete has AIDS... Read more at imdb.com

All of the elements of a fabulous film are in place: amazing actors, interesting true story, decent budget and set. Somehow, this movie falls flat and is quite forgettable.I attribute this to the director. I've never seen his other movies,... Read more at imdb.com

I absolutely LOVED this film! I do not at all relate to all the other comments I have read about it. I was COMPLETELY enthralled through every second! I found the story gripping, the acting intense, and the direction spot-on.... Read more at imdb.com

The Night Listener is a somewhat interesting drama about a radio storyteller who is intrigued by an unpublished manuscript by a 14-year old boy who was sexually abused by his parents. Adopted by Armistead Maupin from his novel, this film... Read more at imdb.com

When it comes to movies I can be pretty picky, and I'll complain about anything and everything that is done wrong. While every movie has its flaws, The Night Listener had an exceptionally low count.If you read the last review... Read more at imdb.com

The story, based on a true incident (as novelized by Armistead Maupin), is morbidly seductive and its mystery keeps you hooked each step of the way. And when he journeys to small-town Wisconsin to have a face-to-face meeting with the boy, it becomes an epic quest with endless obstacles and frustrations in its path, most of them generated by the social worker (Toni Collette) who claims to have adopted Pete. ... Full Review

Its rare to find a summer film that is as quiet and as steadfast as The Night Listener . Make sure you try to see The Night Listener at a time and a venue that is unlikely to be populated with restless teenagers because any heckling or superficial chatter will certainly disrupt the frighteningly eerie mood that the film creates. ... Full Review

However, despite the fantastic performances and the good plot, the films mystery unravels in a mostly very benign and incoherent fashion. Robin Williams , as with many of his more recent films, continues his much-underrated skill for drama with a great performance as Gabriel. ... Full Review

In a normal thriller, "obsessed" is a keyword for ramping up the suspense, but The Night Listener refreshingly continues along its same dreamy path. However, thanks to Maupin and Williams, The Night Listener eventually rights itself and comes out well, leaving us with the feeling that we've become lost in a story, and that the teller enjoyed the telling more than reaching the end. ... Full Review

Gabriel's amateur sleuth-fest, which comprises the bulk of the film, is silly and predictable, and highlights just how underdeveloped both Williams' and Colette's roles are, as well as their inability to fully inhabit them. Maupin's own long-distance friendship with a sexually abused boywho may or may not have actually existedmade for a morose and fairly creepy book that was hardly ideal movie material. ... Full Review

How did it all go so horribly wrong, Armistead Maupin? After a marathon reading session from one in the afternoon to nine at night, I finished Maupins excellent The Night Listener , so utterly caught up in the lives of... ... Full Article

I think that four stars is going a bit far, but still quite enjoyable.A film that will keep you guessing and when you find out that it is based on a really (made-up) person you will confused and shocked! ... Full Article

There are things to like about The Night Listener - including a restrained performance from Robin Williams and an unsettling one from Toni Collette - but the movie seems to have settled for a rather conventional and unimaginative way of... ... Full Article

The Night Listener, pelcula basada en la novela de Armistead Mupin, se trata de un locutor de radio (Williams) que llega a comunicarse con uno de sus oyentes: un adolescente de 14 aos (Culkin), quien lo impresiona con la historia... ... Full Article

A Night to Avoid A Review by John Nesbit 08/09/2006 Director Patrick Stettner gathers an impressive cast for The Night Listener , headed by Robin Williams and Toni Collette along with veteran supporting actors like Joe Morton, Sandra Oh, and... ... Full Article