The Calling fingerprintHigh energy, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Faith and meaning, mystery, and the mind
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Calling is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Faith and meaning, mystery, and the mind
Its world is built around faith and meaning, mystery, and the mind.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every movie. Select a row to see all of them.
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Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62/100 (IMDb 4.4 and Metacritic 70). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 29 min
The Calling runs 1 h 29 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Calling higher (70) than audiences (51). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in Germany, United States.
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4.4
