Tell Tale

Original title: Tell-Tale

2009
R
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.

Director
- Michael Cuesta
Writers
- Dave Callaham
- Edgar Allan Poe
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

5.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Cuesta
Writers
- Dave Callaham
- Edgar Allan Poe
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win

Goofs
When lead character meets Acherton in bathroom his name-tag says Michael Acherton after he is called the detective refers to him as Paul Acherton.

Quotes
[first lines]
Paramedic: [over radio] Dispatch this is Rescue 3. I have a 55 year old white male named Lyar, John. He has massive blunt trauma to the skull. Glasgow Coma Score is 1, Henry 3. Patient has ID in his wallet identifying him as an organ donor. Alert trauma and transport team.
Dispatcher: Copy that.

Connections
Version of The Telltale Heart (1928)

Soundtracks
The Torture
Written by Leslie Stevens
Performed by Leslie and the Badgers

User reviews26

Review

Featured review

8/10

Great modern interpretation

While this is not the story Poe wrote, it is a great modernized remake of it. In Poe's story, the man has committed a murder and the beating of a heart drives him insane. In this movie, the lead man has received a heart transplant and it has the mind of it's donor. It leads the recipient to specific people which helps him learn more about where his heart came from, the people that made it possible and the means by which it was obtained. Some actual recipients have been known to take on some of the characteristics of their donors and this is where this movie takes us. When a heart transplant occurs, do we question who it came from or just be happy to have it. In receiving this heart, the recipient is able to right some wrongs for the donor. I was pleased with this movie and thought it was well conceived.