Noise (2008) Reviews
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As a follow-up to his striking 2002 directorial debut, "The Believer," this second obsessive study in fanaticism by writer-director Henry Bean has its own delirious integrity and outsider-art charm.
Read the full reviewNoise is never quite as smart as it tries to be. But as summer and its mouth-breathing blockbusters loom large on the horizon, there's something touching about a movie that even tries.
Read the full reviewRobbins plays David with the self-assurance that there's no combination sexier than smart, funny and self-righteously angry.
Read the full reviewAmusing but marginal diatribe against aural assault in Manhattan.
Read the full reviewIt's wickedly amusing for a little bit -- Robbins and Hurt really get into it -- but ultimately the film becomes what it's fighting: just noise.
Read the full reviewBean always writes interesting scripts that toy with big ideas, but the films that result aren't always good. (Or even bearable.) Here he sets out to make an aural "Fight Club," but instead he's made a movie about a guy who really needs to buy earplugs.
Read the full reviewDespite its intriguing premise, the movie is a disappointing misfire.
Read the full reviewThe movie, whose cacophonous soundtrack, when turned up, conjures your worst nightmare of sirens, car alarms, jackhammers and sundry aural assaults, is a one-trick film that rapidly wears out its welcome.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 55
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