Donald Sutherland
Mr. Harrigan
Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.
Homepage | https://www.netflix.com/title/81288353 |
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Release Date | 2022-10-05 |
Runtime | 1h 45m |
Directors | John Lee Hancock, John Schwartzman, Joseph P. Reidy, Anthony Raymond |
Producers | Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum, Stephen King, Amy Sayres, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, Carla Hacken, Scott Greenberg |
Writers | Stephen King, John Lee Hancock |
When to call a friend
This is not a summary, this is a review.
Do not expect action; do not expect much splatter, horror, or plot twists.
"Mr. Harrigan's Phone" is a coming-of-age story, and a reflection about loneliness, friendship, memories, guilt, death, modern communication, and what it does to us. It walks the line between slightly supernatural, and fully human.
It takes its time, is well filmed and acted, and does not try to be anything else.
And that's it. C C C sT
— jw