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Discuss “FILM: Cellular”

For a film as patently ridiculous as Cellular, it?s surprisingly enjoyable. There was really not a single non-ridiculous moment of the movie; it had William H. Macy in a seaweed face mask, more product placement than you could shake a stick at, and a plot with at least as many holes as an old sponge. These can?t even be considered failings, really, because the movie is fun enough that they can be overlooked. In fact, the movie sometimes requires you to overlook some of its finer points.

Luckily, director David R. Ellis gives the audience little time to realize they?re watching nonsense. Within two minutes of the start of the film, one woman is already dead and another has been dragged off kicking and screaming. No time for exposition here;...

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