Noise

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Noise

Released May 9, 2008

1h 27m

Comedy

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After years of listening to blaring car alarms in Manhattan, lawyer David (Tim Robbins) has had enough. Taking to the streets, he begins vandalizing cars with increasing violence, until his wife (Bridget Moynahan) finally kicks him out. As David escalates his campaign against noisy automobiles, he begins leaving stickers identifying himself as "The Rectifier." His actions attract Russian student Ekaterina (Margarita Levieva), who encourages him to campaign for an anti-noise ballot initiative.

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Critics Consensus

Noise starts with an interesting premise, but fails to build it into a cohesive whole.

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Amid the seasonal din of so many raucous summer blockbusters, Noise offers blessed relief in the form of a strong central performance, sharp dialogue and edgy humor.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Carina Chocano

Los Angeles Times

How can you resist a hero who gets worked up because a car alarm disrupts his extremely tenuous grasp on a difficult but life altering passage of Hegel?

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Jay Weissberg

Variety

Amusing but marginal.

Sep 25, 2008

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Could have and should have been a demented little gem, but as it is, it's just a muddled, sloppy, and often incoherent little rant about New York...

Sep 4, 2010

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Lee Marshall

Screen International

Having hooked us with the tagline, director Henry Bean never seems to be sure quite where to run with it.

Oct 18, 2008

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John P. McCarthy

Boxoffice Magazine

Bean's scenario is too inconsequential to take seriously and not outlandish enough to entertain.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Luke E

Incoherent, pretentious, self indulgent, parochial rant w a tired cast

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/08/23

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dave s

While the premise is interesting and the subject is certainly something that most city dwellers can relate to, Noise ultimately sinks under the weight of its own excesses. David Owen lives in Manhattan with his wife and young daughter. Like most people, he finds the constant drone of the city annoying and ultimately takes matters into his own hands, vandalizing cars with activated alarms, among other things. The film suffers from too many affectations (freeze-frames, split screens, etc), as well as a non-linear storyline that unnecessarily muddles the plot and too many montages of the protagonist vandalizing vehicles. It could have been an interesting character study had it shown a bit more restraint and delved more into why David reacted is such an extreme manner. Instead, it just becomes tiresome.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Watching this trailer was therapy for me today due to a car alarm going off for 30 seconds every 30 seconds on the street outside my apartment for over an hour. It worked! Great laughs, I love this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

This interesting social drama regrettably fails to echo with our attention at the end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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alex k

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

crazy but believable

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Bridget Moynahan

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William Hurt

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Synopsis

After years of listening to blaring car alarms in Manhattan, lawyer David (Tim Robbins) has had enough. Taking to the streets, he begins vandalizing cars with increasing violence, until his wife (Bridget Moynahan) finally kicks him out. As David escalates his campaign against noisy automobiles, he begins leaving stickers identifying himself as "The Rectifier." His actions attract Russian student Ekaterina (Margarita Levieva), who encourages him to campaign for an anti-noise ballot initiative.

Director: Henry Bean
Producer: Henry Bean, Susan Hoffman
Screenwriter: Henry Bean
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Production Co: Seven Arts Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.2K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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