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  • Opened August 31, 2012 
  • 1 hr 26 min
  • R | Language, Strong Sexual Content and Some Drug Use

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • The reserved Lauren (played by Lauren Anne Miller) and the irrepressible Katie (Ari Graynor) are polar opposites... and past enemies. But when both come up short on the funds needed to afford their dream New York City apartment a mutual friend (Justin Long) re-introduces them and they reluctantly agree to room together. These apartment-mates have nothing in common - until Lauren discovers that Katie is working as a phone-sex operator, and recognizes a good business opportunity. But as their business partnership takes off, their newfound friendship finds unexpected challenges that may leave them both, as they say, hanging on the telephone. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ari Graynor, Lauren Anne Miller, Justin Long, Mark Webber, James Wolk
  • Director: Jamie Travis
  • Genres: Comedy

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Wrong on so many funny levels

by Nolette

Finally girls are making a not gross but dirty funny movie!! Loved Justin Long as the referee/best gay guy friend, and the girls were really cute. l really enjoyed this movie....

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Hysterical!

by dannypants

Far raunchier than I expected, but also alot more heart than I expected, too! I laughed ALOT! I highly recommend this movie! (but don't see it with your mother!)...

So-so
Overly simplistic girl-friendship movie

by pedsarq

This movie is obsessed with sex! The more interesting parts in this movie are, in fact, overshadowed by the writer's infatuation with the shock that awkward sex-heavy conversations and certain props...

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Critic Reviews

75
Boston Globe
| Wesley Morris

This movie is basically where some small-screen comedy in the last year has been: "2 Broke Girls," "New Girl," and, their far superior sister, "Girls." Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

For a Good Time, Call... tells the tender tale of two roommates who team up to launch a phone-sex line. Whatever their virtues or flaws, each of these movies makes the dirtiest episode of "Sex and the City" look like Doris Day fluff. Read full review

70
The Hollywood Reporter
| John DeFore

A feel-good raunch-com whose dirty-talk plot comes from a convincingly female perspective instead of feeling like cut-and-paste Apatow. Read full review

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New York Post
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Travis, making his feature debut, gets very likable performances out of his female stars. And it's nice to see sex given its due as a wide, wild buffet rather than the standard missionary, bra-on fare we're usually served in a rom-com. Mmm-hmmm! Read full review

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Lauren Miller as Lauren and Ari Graynor as Katie in "For a Good Time, Call."