White Noise

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White Noise

PG-13

Released Jan 7, 2005

1h 38m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

Horror

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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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Critics Consensus

While there are some built-in scares, the movie is muddled and unsatisfying.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Koel Purie has a nice blithe presence. Unfortunately, White Noise does not prove to be an adequate stage for her.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 8, 2019

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dumb would-be thriller -- save your money.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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.

Feb 28, 2007

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

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.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 15, 2023

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

A lazy, muddled snooze that happily tenders pure fantasy to those with an endless curiosity about the hereafter.

Rated: D

Sep 21, 2020

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Sadly, there are a hundred possible scenarios that might have made more sense than the gobbledygook plot White Noise ends up presenting...

Feb 28, 2020

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Alexander S

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-

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Cleber B

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Audience Member

I genuinely love this film, the writing was great in particular.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/07/24

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Audience Member

This movie was still good to watch after 17 years. Not sure why everyone gave it bad ratings. I enjoyed

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/11/22

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Audience Member

White noise fails at making the audience care for the main character. White noise is just a collection of paranormal events that link somehow to EVP. The acting was bland and so was everything else. A very stereotypical ghost flick.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Stephen S

Creepy and memorable. I love the way this film is directed and shot...so interesting!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/09/21

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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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