I'm not nor will I ever be a fan but this was surprisingly decent for this to be a Lifetime. A nice little murder mystery with an at the very ending reveal twist of the bad guy. A wife is pocket dialed from her husband's phone and overhears a woman's voice threating someone and right after a gunshot. She then calls her husband's phone to no avail and while the police are at their home, the husband comes in and explains to the detective that he lost his phone and from that point on the story points in one direction having his wife defending his innocence to believing that he's actually guilty of the murder, to the decent ending reveal. I honestly thought that this was going to be silly with the usual Lifetime bad acting and ridiculous story telling but both me and my wife sat attentively to the end to find out who actually murdered the woman on the pocket dial call. Watch once with a bowl of popcorn and call it a day.
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Where were you?
nogodnomasters2 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Made for TV movie. Similar to Lifetime. Stacey Crawford (Kirsten Comerford) is a realtor. Her husband Jeff (Steve Byers) works for ARXB Financial. She gets a call from his phone. A woman is screaming she will tell his wife about everything and a gun goes off. Jeff is the prime suspect. He has lost or misplaced his phone. Eventually, we find out the woman was a client. The film then goes through a gauntlet of suspects from his boss who wants an alibi to an overly curious nephew. And Stacey is being watched.
It was not overly exciting. The scenes were dull. The characters were bland.
Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
It was not overly exciting. The scenes were dull. The characters were bland.
Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
lackluster
LetsReviewThat268 May 2024
Stacey is at work and gets a pocket dial from her husband jeff. But instead of hearing his voice, she seems to hear the voice of a woman getting murdered. He says he lost his phone so naturally stacey thinks his up to something. The big let down with this film was acting the diolgue seemed cheesey in places and not the good kind. The main actresses playing her couldnt move her face so showing emotions was something not possible, it works the same as the rest of these films so ir was a easy to work out in the end what was really going on. Entertainment wise it was still good for what it was, nothing great but still something.
A Pocket Full of Suspects
lavatch17 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
In a Lifetime picture, when a character loses a cell phone, the chances are good that the consequences will be unpleasant. That is certainly the case for Jeff Crawford, who is on the receiving end of many embarrassing questions following a fateful "pocket dial" on his phone.
For those who may be technically challenged, a pocket dial (or "butt call") is an accidental phone call placed typically when a phone is jostled while in a back pocket. In the case of Jeff, the call is placed to his wife, and, by all appearances, it sounds as if Jeff has committed a murder.
The strength of the film was in the large number of suspects who possibly murdered Juliette Lane and Meredith Yell. Jeff's workplace was a highly competitive environment and included some underhanded practices that could implicate Jeff's supervisor Ellen.
The action focuses on the responses of Jeff's wife Stacey and how she must come to terms with the mountain of evidence against her husband. Stacey's sister Joelle Davrou and her husband Alex, as well as Alex's nephew Sean Puli, also figure in the action. One of the most intriguing characters was Jeff's formidable mother-in-law Madeline, who has a 180-degree pivot from loathing her son-in-law to testifying at his arraignment, paying his bail, and welcoming him into her home.
Following a melodramatic climactic scene, the denouement seemed awfully abrupt, and it left no hint about an extremely uncomfortable professional position that Jeff must be in with his boss Ellen. It could have also stressed the importance of treating one's phone like a bodily appendage in order to avoid the pitfalls of a pocket dial.
For those who may be technically challenged, a pocket dial (or "butt call") is an accidental phone call placed typically when a phone is jostled while in a back pocket. In the case of Jeff, the call is placed to his wife, and, by all appearances, it sounds as if Jeff has committed a murder.
The strength of the film was in the large number of suspects who possibly murdered Juliette Lane and Meredith Yell. Jeff's workplace was a highly competitive environment and included some underhanded practices that could implicate Jeff's supervisor Ellen.
The action focuses on the responses of Jeff's wife Stacey and how she must come to terms with the mountain of evidence against her husband. Stacey's sister Joelle Davrou and her husband Alex, as well as Alex's nephew Sean Puli, also figure in the action. One of the most intriguing characters was Jeff's formidable mother-in-law Madeline, who has a 180-degree pivot from loathing her son-in-law to testifying at his arraignment, paying his bail, and welcoming him into her home.
Following a melodramatic climactic scene, the denouement seemed awfully abrupt, and it left no hint about an extremely uncomfortable professional position that Jeff must be in with his boss Ellen. It could have also stressed the importance of treating one's phone like a bodily appendage in order to avoid the pitfalls of a pocket dial.
Pocket dial Murder
coltras354 August 2023
Pocket Dial Murder revolves around the lives of a couple, Stacey and Jeff, that get disrupted after Stacey receives a call from Jeff and hears a murder committed on the other end. Jeff claims to be innocent, as he had lost his phone earlier, implying that whoever has the phone is the murderer. An investigation begins, and Stacey begins to doubt Jeff, sensing her life is in danger.
This is a decent whodunnit which captivates from the beginning. It's well-acted and has enough twists to keep you happy. The idea that of Stacey hearing of the murder over the telephone is an inspired idea. It has the usual hallmarks to a lifetime thriller but it has a certain energy and the characters and plot are kept busy.
This is a decent whodunnit which captivates from the beginning. It's well-acted and has enough twists to keep you happy. The idea that of Stacey hearing of the murder over the telephone is an inspired idea. It has the usual hallmarks to a lifetime thriller but it has a certain energy and the characters and plot are kept busy.
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