It’s always nice to see an icy, slow burn thriller with Hitchcockian undertones, but unfortunately The Night Listener is a missed opportunity. The story is lean, taut and hooks you in rather immediately, with an eerie foreboding tone permeating the entire piece and fantastic performances too; but it never really amounts to much, and goes in circles far too often. Just when you think the movie will take a step in an interesting direction, it takes two steps back instead, eventually fizzling out to an unsatisfying conclusion.
Watched on DVD.
