Film

The Listener

2024 · 1h 37m · Drama

Lives are on the line.

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Metacritic

64

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.

Tessa Thompson

Beth

Logan Marshall-Green

Michael (voice)

Derek Cecil

Andy (voice)

Margaret Cho

Corinne (voice)

Blu del Barrio

Jinx (voice)

Ricky Velez

Ellis (voice)

Alia Shawkat

Sharon (voice)

Jamie Hector

Ray (voice)

Casey Wilson

Ruby (voice)

Bobby Soto

Chris (voice)

Rebecca Hall

Laura (voice)

Matt Van Orden

Jinx's Boyfriend (voice) (uncredited)

• Steve BuscemiDirector · Producer
• Alessandro CamonScreenplay
• Tessa ThompsonProducer
• Oren MovermanProducer
• Wren ArthurProducer
• Lauren HantzProducer
• Sean King O'GradyProducer
• Bill StertzProducer
• Julia LebedevExecutive Producer
• Eddie VaismanExecutive Producer

Official Trailer

Release date

March 29, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

L

Genres

Drama

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