The era of crank phone calls has sure taken a twist. When fast food restaurant manager (Ann Dowd) gets a phone call from someone identifying himself as policeman, she springs into action. Young Becky is accused of stealing from a customer. The assistance of the manager and others in this matter grows until it becomes inane. The film brings light to the problem of serial strip search crank calls...something I didn't know existed. This film is based on the Mount Washington, Kentucky incident which BTW was a McDonald's.The film acting was okay. There is a high perv factor whenever you force a young girl to be stripped searched. Unfortunately this is pretty much the entire film as there is no real subplot to entertain us. This is one of those pervert films masquerading as something that makes a statement such as "Shame." Watch it. Enjoy it. Disturbing? Thought provoking? Oh Please. It's soft core porn.Parental Guidance: F-bombs, nudity (Dreama Walker).

The acting was eh. The story line was beyond stupid. Are some people really this dumb? To honestly believe a cop would call and have you perform all that garbage to a female employee? Cheese and rice how dumb can one get?? Parents, do society a favor. Teach your children common sense. If you lack common sense, FIND SOMEONE TO TEACH IT TO YOU so you can teach it to your children. If you can't find someone to teach you common sense, teachers, PLEASE STEP IN AND HAVE IT BE PART OF YOUR CURRICULUM! This makes me want my island even more, to get away from morons who fall for crap like this. Here's another heads up, utility employees don't knock on your door demanding payment for a past due bill, there is no king or prince in Nigeria needing help with his money, the IRS NEVER demands payment over the phone in the form of Walmart gift cards and FFS, DON'T GIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE! Man, seriously?!? SO dumb and maddening!

If someone rung your fast food restaurant out of the blue, told you he was a police officer, and said you one of your employees had stolen from a customer, and needed to be detained... Would you believe them? If he FURTHER claimed that she had to be strip searched before the cops arrived, and he wanted you to do it there and then, would you say 'yes'? And that's just the beginning of the ordeal...All this sounds far-fetched and exaggerated, but it actually happened 11 years ago to a 19 year old called Louise Ogborn. And if the guy on the other end of the line in real life is as half as convincing as the one playing the role in Compliance, I'm not that surprised they fell for it. His tone has that authority to it, and as one of the duped victims says "He had an answer for every question". What kind of sadistic pleasure you could derive from traumatising a young girl for life when you're not even in the same room I don't know... But the world can be a sick, sick place sometimes I guess...As each indignity upon indignity heaps up on this innocent person who thought she was only there to do a shift, it becomes increasingly more distressing to watch. This is the mood the film strives for, as the viewer might react with incredulity at the fact that anyone could believe this caller's nonsensical story, but thanks to the raw performances and the nuanced plot progression, we eventually can. My the time it's over, you'd probably want to take a long, hot shower. I did too. After getting rid of the limescale around the drain. 7/10

This movie was based on a true story. A fast food manager knows that things are about to get hectic at her restaurant. As soon as hectic reaches its peak, she receives a phone call from someone claiming two things:he is a police officer and one of the employees has stolen from a customer. Having no choice but to comply and suspect, the manager takes the girl to the back and does everything the person on the other end says, including a strip search to see if she is hiding the money anywhere in her clothes or on her body. Everything starts getting tense and humiliating at the same time as the manager's fiancé is eventually brought in by the caller, who continuously reassures everyone that the police are on their way. (Wouldn't you get suspicious when they don't show?) The fiancé is coerced into taking part in the strip search in a rather inappropriate way, and things are getting suspicious.This goes to show how far and sick a crank phone call can go, especially from a sicko. I have gotten some of those myself. It was scary to think that this was a true story and not an isolated incident! You might learn of what to do in a situation like this.*** out of ****