Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) on Netflix
Craig Poole is a small-town boy hired to read aloud to John Harrigan, a retired businessman who keeps to himself. Books and a smartphone turn the reading job into a friendship.
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- Rotten Tomatoes44%
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Plot summary
In 2003, after his mother's death, Craig Poole begins reading aloud to John Harrigan, a retired businessman in his small town. The arrangement lasts for years, and by high school the teenage Craig and the elderly Harrigan are friends. At school, Ms. Hart, a teacher, helps him when the bully Kenny Yankovich threatens him. Harrigan gives Craig a lottery ticket worth $3,000, and at Christmas Craig gets his first iPhone, then buys one for Harrigan. When Harrigan dies, Craig puts his friend's phone inside the coffin at the funeral. The will leaves Craig $800,000 in a trust for his studies and a writing career. Craig calls the buried phone to give thanks, and a reply comes the next morning.
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