Denise Calls Up Movie Review 1995

Comedy about futility and complications of urban relationships among overworked professionals. A group of six work-at-home city friends socialize, romance, and date entirely via phone, fax, and computer without ever meeting or leaving their homes, even for a close friend's funeral (who dies, oddly enough, while on the phone). Subplot involves title character, Denise (Ubach) tracking down sperm donor Martin (Gunther) and eventually giving birth, with the help of her cellular coaches. Funny premise is executed well, but doesn't hold up over a (barely) feature length film.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 79 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Yuppie Nightmares, Technology--Rampant, Phone Sex

Screenplay

Hal Salwen

Cast

Timothy Daly, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Caroleen Feeney, Liev Schreiber, Dan Gunther, Aida Turturro, Alanna Ubach, Sylvia Miles

Cinematography

Mike Mayers

Director

Hal Salwen

Music

Lynne Geller

Producer

J. Todd Harris, John Davis, Stephen Nemeth, Davis Entertainment Company, Skyline Entertainment Partners, Dark Matter Productions, Sony Pictures Classics