Till Human Voices Wake Us

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Till Human Voices Wake Us

R

Released Feb 21, 2003

1h 41m

Drama

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Still haunted by the disappearance and death of the girl he loved as a teen, university professor Sam (Guy Pearce) meets a woman, Ruby (Helena Bonham Carter), on a train, and they hit it off. But Ruby disappears when Sam is distracted. Later that same night, he spots her falling from a bridge into a lake. He rescues her, but Ruby doesn't remember who she is. Slowly, she starts to feel oddly comfortable with Sam, and he begins to believe that she may be the reincarnation of his dead love.

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Critics Consensus

What is meant to be dreamy and romantic instead comes off as sluggish and dull.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Sometimes engaging, sometimes clunky.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

There's not quite enough mystery here, and no amount of pretty pastoral settings can make up for that.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 18, 2003

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Janice Page

Boston Globe

Despite being well acted and sweetly moving when it strips down to the tender poem at its heart, Till Human Voices Wake Us spends too much time playing to an otherworldly suspense that simply isn't there.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 4, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 1/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Tony Medley

tonymedley.com

Rated: 9/10

Oct 7, 2004

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Matt Kelemen

Las Vegas CityLife

Petroni may have chosen to move the plot along at a snail's pace to reflect the mood of Prufrock's poem, but there isn't enough lyricism in the film to save the story.

Apr 21, 2004

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Audience Member

TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US isn't an action flick. It's got quite a bit more depth. The collegiate snob critics missed the point entirely.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/02/24

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colin m

Slow development. Weak plot.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Loved the story of young love, but the present day story was slow with missing pieces. It was beautiful and promising at first, but got lost along the way.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/09/19

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Audience Member

It's weird how critics gave this 25% rating. This 2019 and after 16 years this movie still watched and remembered.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

A film that, despite some flaws in the beginning with the child actors being on a lesser extent than the adults, manages to make you cry with its never ending captivity thanks to its two leads.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

There are things that happen to an unfortunate few people that are so painful, so full of guilt, that recovering from it seems nearly impossible...A dream taking over a life--A very subdued, yet immensely stirring and provocative film, cutting to the depth of human emotion... The Perfect Elegiac Dream that is Surprisingly Haunting!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Synopsis

Still haunted by the disappearance and death of the girl he loved as a teen, university professor Sam (Guy Pearce) meets a woman, Ruby (Helena Bonham Carter), on a train, and they hit it off. But Ruby disappears when Sam is distracted. Later that same night, he spots her falling from a bridge into a lake. He rescues her, but Ruby doesn't remember who she is. Slowly, she starts to feel oddly comfortable with Sam, and he begins to believe that she may be the reincarnation of his dead love.

Director: Michael Petroni
Producer: Thomas Augsberger, Matthias Emcke
Screenwriter: Michael Petroni
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Instinct Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $120.1K
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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