Denise Calls Up **** (1995, Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dan Gunther) – Classic Movie Review 1759

A group of New Yorker friends, busy working on their PCs and laptops, are for ever calling each other up – but never actually meeting – in writer-director Hal Salwen’s witty 1995 satirical comedy. Too busy to meet in the real world, the group keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax.

Dan Gunther stars as Martin, who gets a phone call from someone he’s never met, Denise (Alanna Ubach), with some surprise news. He’s the sperm donor of the child Denise is about to give birth to. While working at his computer, he develops a phone friendship with Denise, as the cyber world of the group begins to buzz.

This clever, low-budget indie movie is extremely good, sharply funny and given a real hot spin by the excellent cast. Tim Daly, Caroleen Feeney, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Liev Schreiber, Aida Turturro and Sylvia Miles also star.

© Derek Winnert 2014 Classic Movie Review 1759

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