Review of Hanging Up (2000) by Dyron W — 05 Sep 2015

Wow! Great cast and stupendously irritating script!

This review of Hanging Up (2000) was written by Dyron W on 05 September 2015.

Hanging Up has generally received mixed reviews.

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How telling that, like a telephone discussion I just don't want to continue, I stopped partway through, thereby hanging up on Hanging…

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