Back Home

R

Released Apr 8, 2016

1h 49m

Drama

TRAILER

for Louder Than Bombs: Trailer 1

List

73%

129 Reviews

Tomatometer

52%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

A widower (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons must cope with new details about the death of his wife (Isabelle Huppert), a famed war photographer.

Read More

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Premiered Mar 07

Buy Now

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Rent Back Home on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video.

Critics Consensus

Louder Than Bombs finds director Joachim Trier using a capable cast in pursuit of some lofty dramatic goals, even if his ambitions occasionally evade his grasp.

Read Critics Reviews

Alec B

The film deliberately avoids resolution, and while that's bound to frustrate a lot of people I think it's key to the movie's success. We are meant to experience all these conflicting viewpoints and perspectives not be given cheap life lessons. Also, I'm again reminded what a phenomenally underrated actor Gabriel Byrne is.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

Full Review

max b

A drab film about grief that just falls flat. This movie tries to be one long metaphor for grief, but falls short of its goal with a monotonous and sometimes exceedingly boring and predictable narrative.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

Full Review

Audience Member

The pauses of pregnant silences and hused voiceovers are louder than bombs in this poignant dysfunctional family drama perpending the grieving processes of the patriarch and his two sons on the passing of the matriarch with unfulfilled closures.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This movie had a bit of potential but it tended to drag on a bit from time to time. The performances are adequate, even though the story is somewhat hazy. I did enjoy the musical score in this movie, but I am not sure that this movie is good enough to recommend.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Too confusing. I mean, why a movie needs to be so gloomy and dark (literally) and slow paced?

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

Full Review

Audience Member

I couldn't make sense of the plot. I still don't know what it was about, really. A dysfunctional family, I suppose. There just wasn't enough development or continuity throughout to make sense of it, or to tell a coherent story. Too fragmented; waste of time, sadly.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Post a rating

Joachim Trier

Director

Gabriel Byrne

Gene Reed

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Joubert Reed

Jesse Eisenberg

Jonah

Devin Druid

Conrad Reed

Rachel Brosnahan

Erin

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

27%

60%

Fathers and Daughters

TRAILER

for Fathers and Daughters

50%

49%

Low Down

57%

23%

Big Muddy

25%

26%

The Adderall Diaries

TRAILER

for The Adderall Diaries

16%

27%

Aloft

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

The Boss Strains for Laughs

Louder Than Bombs: Trailer 1

2:25

View more videos

View more photos

Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

It's a tale which unfolds nuance by nuance, and with each insight it becomes easier to empathise with both father and sons. Trier may work quietly but he knows all about pace and subtlety.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 12, 2016

Full Review

Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

When all is concluded, truth is the explosive device that ends up having the most brutally cathartic potency.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 11, 2016

Full Review

Tara Brady

Irish Times

An ambitiously thorough yet quiet exploration of familial dysfunction.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 8, 2016

Full Review

Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

There are occasionally some great scenes, but they never add up to much of anything.

Rated: C-

Aug 29, 2021

Full Review

Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

There is a lot of grief in 'Louder Than Bombs,' but it is not what the movie wants audiences to take home. Instead, Trier is more interested in how characters move forward in spite of tragedy.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 1, 2021

Full Review

Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Dense yet lively, touching but not corny, mature and intelligent without being showy, Louder than Bombs is a rare gift of a movie.

Jul 17, 2020

Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

A widower (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons must cope with new details about the death of his wife (Isabelle Huppert), a famed war photographer.

Director: Joachim Trier
Producer: Sigve Endresen, Frederick W. Green, Michael B. Clark, Emilie Georges, Nick Shumaker, Naima Abed, Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Screenwriter: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Memento Films, Bona Fide Productions, Motlys, Nimbus Film, Animal Kingdom, arte France Cinéma
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexual Content|Violent Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $163.2K
Runtime: 1h 49m

Most Popular at Home Now