the night listener ( 2006 ) half robin williams and toni collette and bobby cannavale and rory culkin and joe morton and sandra oh and john cullum and lisa emery and becky ann baker . ( dir represent patrick stettner ) hitchcockian suspenser give williams a stand out low key performance . what be it about celebrity and fan . what be the near paranoia one associate with the other and why be it almost the norm . in the late derange fan scenario and base on true event no less and williams star a a talk radio personality name gabriel no one and who read story he pen over the airwave and have accumulate an interesting fan in the form of a young boy name pete logand ( culkin ) who have submit a manuscript about the travail of his troubled youth to no one editor ashe ( morton ) who give it to no one to read for himself . no one be naturally disturb but ultimately intrigue about the nightmarish existence of pete be abduct and sexually abuse for year until he be finally rescue by a nurse name donna ( collette give an excellent performance ) who have adopt the boy but her correspondence with no one reveal that pete be die from aid . naturally no one want to meet the fan but be suddenly in doubt to their possibly devious ulterior motif when the seed be plant by his estrange lover jess ( cannavale ) whose sudden departure from their new york city apartment have no one in an emotional tailspin that have only now grow into a tempest in a teacup when he decide to do some investigating into donna and pete background discover some truth that he do not anticipate . write by armistead maupin ( who co write the screenplay with his former lover terry anderson and the film novice director stettner ) and base on a true story about a fan hoax find out have some hitchcockian moment that run on full tilt like any good old fashion pot boiler do . it help that williams give a stand out and low key performance a the conflicted good hearted personality who genuinely want to believe that his number one fan be in fact real and do love him ( the one thing that have escape his own reality ) and have some unsettling dreadful moment with the creepy collette whose one physical trait i will leave unmentioned but underline the desperation of her character that can rattle you to the core . however the film run out of gas and eventually become a bit repetitive and predictable despite a finely directed piece of hoodwink and mystery by stettner and it pay to listen to your own inner voice represent be careful of what you hope for .