![]() ![]() “All of us need to be very frightened by this gizmo,” he says.Īlthough there is, inevitably, a macabre element to come – when Mr. Harrigan rattles off every terrible thing that the cellphone might unleash, calling it “a gateway drug” for all manner of societal ills, including the dissemination of bogus news. The old man pooh-poohs the device at first, before becoming enamored with it, recognizing not only its myriad uses but also its corrosive possibilities. Set about 15 years in the past, when Craig finally convinces his widowed dad (Joe Tippett) to break down and get him an early iPhone as he starts high school – hoping to fit in with the cool kids – Craig decides to use some Lotto-won cash to also buy one for Mr. Amid a month of Halloween-tinged offerings, it might be one of the few to share with the kids – at least, before the next time you punish them by taking their phone away.įeaturing the co-star of another recent King adaptation ( “It” star Jaeden Martell) as the teenage protagonist, Craig, the movie benefits enormously from 87-year-old Donald Sutherland’s work in the title role, playing a reclusive billionaire who pays the lad to come read to him a few times a week in his sprawling estate. ![]() ![]() Harrigan’s Phone” to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. ![]()
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