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White Noise

Play trailer Poster for White Noise PG-13 2005 1h 38m Mystery & Thriller Drama Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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7% Tomatometer 144 Reviews 31% Popcornmeter 100,000+ Ratings
Architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is happily married to author Anna (Chandra West), but tragedy strikes when she is killed in an accident. Deep in grief, Jonathan hears from Raymond Price (Ian McNeice), who claims that he has intercepted messages from Anna via electronic voice phenomena. Jonathan eventually comes to believe Raymond's claims, but, as he is drawn further into investigating the phenomenon, a sinister supernatural presence invades his life.
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While there are some built-in scares, the movie is muddled and unsatisfying.

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Namrata Joshi Outlook 01/08/2019
1/4
Koel Purie has a nice blithe presence. Unfortunately, White Noise does not prove to be an adequate stage for her. Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
2/5
Dumb would-be thriller -- save your money. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 02/28/2007
Though I'm well disposed toward elliptical spook stories that depend on the audience's imagination for their jolts and effects, it takes art as well as craft to put them across, and Geoffrey Sax's direction of a Niall Johnson script has neither. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12
2/5
Takes an inherently creepy phenomenon and completely misses the point of what intrigues us about them. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 07/15/2023
1.5/4
White Noise asks viewers to accept Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) as cold, hard fact, and then proceeds to spin a fantasy yarn that flubs its own narrative constraints. Go to Full Review
Kathi Maio The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction 02/28/2020
Sadly, there are a hundred possible scenarios that might have made more sense than the gobbledygook plot White Noise ends up presenting... Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 19 Success in 1 hour and 38 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $55,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Brandon X Jul 7 White noise is a slower pace psychological thriller/ suspense, watched this movie upon dvd release. Rented it from the local Block Buster and had great family movie night. I was absolutely terrified as a youngster watching this movie. Keaton was amazing as always. Have watched it again recently, its a great pop-corn flick! It's not supposed to be scientifically accurate, so all you bozos that rated it one star due to that.. are the same bozos that believe that youtubers with rem-pods are actually speaking to ghosts. Nothing about the paranormal is scientific and y'all need help if you thought this was going to be anything but a blockbuster popcorn flick. Purely for what it is, its 10/10, great for those with wild imaginations, this movie is ment to make you think and scare yourself. Doesnt have many jump scares which horror movies survive on, its still better then most horror movies on Netflix. This may not end up being your favorite movie, but its certainly worth the watch and deserves much more then a 7% Rotten score. Im not the most critical when it comes to movie reviews but in my personal opinion this movie still holds up. I think alot of your reviewers here are hyper-critical and id like to ask them if theyve got a movie in this category that they actually have a positive review for. See more Alexander S Mar 5 White Noise effectively conveys its unsettling premise, particularly for someone like me who has phasmophobia, however, the story gradually loses its momentum and fails to deliver a satisfying conclusion. Grading: C- See more Cleber B Jan 30 Esse filme requer duas características especiais por parte de quem vai assisti-lo. Primeiro, o espectador deve ser altamente sugestionável. Segundo, é imprescindível que seja espiritualista, Kardecista ou tenha uma religião afrodescendente. Só assim o filme faz algum sentido. A fé nos fenômenos que o filme mostra é condição sine qua non para sua apreciação. Esse filme não é cinema, é religião. See more 08/07/2024 I genuinely love this film, the writing was great in particular. See more 09/11/2022 This movie was still good to watch after 17 years. Not sure why everyone gave it bad ratings. I enjoyed See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) is happily married to author Anna (Chandra West), but tragedy strikes when she is killed in an accident. Deep in grief, Jonathan hears from Raymond Price (Ian McNeice), who claims that he has intercepted messages from Anna via electronic voice phenomena. Jonathan eventually comes to believe Raymond's claims, but, as he is drawn further into investigating the phenomenon, a sinister supernatural presence invades his life.
Director
Geoffrey Sax
Producer
Paul Brooks, Shawn Williamson
Screenwriter
Niall Johnson
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Brightlight Pictures Inc., Gold Circle Films, White Noise UK Ltd., Universal Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 7, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$55.9M
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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