Listening

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Listening

2015

1h 40m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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12 Reviews

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Genius grad students invent a mind-reading device that destroys their lives and threatens the future of free will.

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

09/10/2015

To call it amateurish would be kind.

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Andy Webster

New York Times

09/10/2015

Begins as a fitfully intriguing character study before flying off the rails as a nightmarish vision of government encroachment on free thought.

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

09/10/2015

2/5

It looks and feels like a particularly well made student film (so many colored filters), but the subject matter is rather more interesting and weirdly plausible than the recent spate of big-budget AI films.

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

08/28/2019

It seems to be a final project in Khalil Sullins' career, but without the clarity of ideas to do something minimally consistent.. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Josh Lasser

IGN Movies

10/29/2015

4.9/10

This is where Listening really falls apart - it doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

09/15/2015

Naive, hamfisted, and amateurish indie sci-fi... but as hilarious as the clumsy, clichéd execution is, it still isn't even worth it for the laughs.

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Alvaro C

Oct 3

Be careful with those intrusive thoughts and feeling. They might not be your own. If you think this was weird. It gets weirder and way more intrusive.

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09/20/2018

No idea why this is rated so poorly, should be 70% on the tomato meter at the very least. Intriguing story. Nice and unexpected twist. Cast was decent. The movie won a number of awards at various film festivals prior to release. Listening was much better than some of the multi-million dollar "blockbuster" films I've seen over the last 2 decades. I would highly recommend this movie.

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05/18/2018

What a great yarn, critics give boring art house rubbish 5 stars and bag a great story cause they don't like the lighting or director

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05/17/2018

At first I didn't expect much from this movie but I ended up really enjoying the characters, twists and the storyline! I like Netflix dark mirror and this was a similar story kudos to the director/writer as he did a good job!

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11/05/2017

The storyline was different but poorly acted and just dont flow was boring and confusing

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09/30/2017

This movie had a few decent scenes and a lot of potential, but in the end, it was kind of a big disappointment to me. I would say that it is safe to skip this one.

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Synopsis

Genius grad students invent a mind-reading device that destroys their lives and threatens the future of free will.

Director: Khalil Sullins
Producer: Travis Nicholson, Khalil Sullins, Jamal DeGruy, Pardis Sullins
Screenwriter: Khalil Sullins
Distributor: Young Medium
Production Co: Listen Film
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m

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