The Night Listener (2006)

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CinemaSource

Rating: R

Release Date: Aug 4, 2006

Running Time: 91 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Sandra Oh, Rory Culkin, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale, Lisa Emery, Becky Ann Baker, John Cullum, Rodrigo Lopresti

director: Patrick Stettner

The Night Listener

A psychological thriller that revolves around the celebrated writer and popular late-night radio show host, Gabriel Noone, who develops an intense relationship with a young listener named Pete and his adopted mother, just as his own domestic life is undergoing changes. When a troubling question arises regarding the boy's identity, it causes Gabriel's ordered existence to spin wildly out of control as he sets out on a harrowing journey to find the truth.

The Night Listener is a rather intense psychological character piece that keeps you on edgeas well as intriguedwith the promise of malevolence at every turn.

Story

Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Armistead Maupin, this haunting, albeit slow moving, mystery follows the disturbingly eerie twists and turns that unfold in the relationship between a popular late-night radio host Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams), who is in the throes of his own personal crisis, and a devoted 14 year-old…