Noone discovers the return address on Pete's correspondence is actually a mail drop. The pacing and staging of the later scenes could use a little more electricity and momentum and a little less restraint. When Bobby Cannavale as Williams' former partner hears the messages of the boy and the caretaker he notices the similarity of the voices which makes Williams doubt his intuition. The Night Listener is a somewhat interesting drama about a radio storyteller who is intrigued by an unpublished manuscript by a 14-year old boy who was sexually abused by his parents. Such a waste because Collette's performance was eerie and Williams was believable. Perhaps its because his show is losing it's authentic veneer which causes Noon to admit he is no longer himself. If you want a thriller, forget it. Increasingly suspicious, Noone contacts all the hospitals in Madison, the site of the nearest facilities, but none have the boy registered as a patient. Following the publication of the novel, a friend of Maupin's who wrote for The New Yorker instigated an investigation. However, there is not much tension, and Williams' mild mannered portrayal doesn't do much to makes us relate to his obsession with the boy. He is stunned to learn that she is blind and uses a guide dog. According to his memoir, his father started beating him at two and raped him at four; his mother videotaped the "sessions". When troubling questions arise about this boy's (story), however, Gabriel finds himself drawn into a widening mystery that hides a deadly secret…" according to film's official synopsis. The dramas he has made lately have been fantastic, especially "Insomnia" and "One Hour Photo". Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams), a popular gay New York City radio show host, is dealing with a separation from his partner, Jess (Bobby Cannavale). Daylight and light generally play no part in the storyteller's world. Just flat and down. The Night Listener is a 2000 roman à clef by Armistead Maupin. Furthermore, the film is beautifully shot in dark browns of different hues, in shadows, at night. Finally, of course, it doesn't matter whether or not the film plays fair. Distressed that Noone doesn't believe her, Donna collapses in the middle of a road and tries to hold him with her in the path of an oncoming truck. Metacritic Reviews. Maupin was impressed with the maturity of the boy's writing and called him. Subplots in the novel revolve around Gabriel's relationships with his lover and his father. What follows makes a permanent impact on Williams in a way he does not expect. This was not such an effort. Occasionally, some of these mental phenomenon are discover by those with no knowledge of their remedy or even of their existence. ***. Just who is that person on the other end of the line, in any virtual relationship that we may happen to engage? The negative comments regarding this film are totally incomprehensible to me; some of the writers who give the worst are barely literate, at best.

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