Sound of Noise (2012)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2
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Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of crazy musicians decides to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra... Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation... -- (C) Official Site
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (3)
Great premise, middling execution.
Top CriticA high-concept, high-energy lark.
"Sound of Noise" is a dry treat - a solid, self-aware cult pleasure.
Filmmakers Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson and their engaging cast pull off the feat with no strain and a surprising amount of heart.
"Sound of Noise" is like no heist movie you've ever seen; these bandits want only to transform a city into a canvas for their special brand of aural art.
The energy flags whenever the vandals are at rest, and a romantic subplot feels like an afterthought. But Nilsson is a delight, and the filmmakers' own creativity transforms shock into awe.
It never achieves much coherence when it tries for more than slapstick comedy.
I've seen a lot of detective stories, but never one about a detective trying to track down a bunch of performance artists who are playing illegal music.
The premise is so delightfully strange, it almost sounds like an Etgar Keret short story, or maybe even a playful exercise by Gabriel García Márquez.
The film's joke is kind of one-note, although it maintains an exhilarating beat throughout. If Sound of Noise is the rhythm of the new city symphony, play on.
A buoyant comedy that never hits a wrong note.
While this rollicking comedy about musical terrorists cleverly satirizes movie conventions of cops and capers, the creative crimes look and sound wonderfully unique.
Part quirky comedy, part existential mystery, part flash-mob musical.
Sound of Noise provides plenty of excitement and rumble, executed with a considerable screen flair that manages oddity and a crooked sense of liberation with stunning flexibility.
The film is ultimately winning because of its devilish anarchic streak, aiming its arrows at the stuffiness of the traditional musical establishment.
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Super Reviewer
The group is pursued by the ironically named Amadeus (Bengt Nilsson), a mousy, insecure detective whose life just happens to have a major musical issue -- his genius brother is a world-renowned conductor, while he himself is frustratingly tone-deaf. His handicap is depicted in a strange, surreal way -- apparently, whenever a neighborhood item is incorporated into the percussion troupe's mischief, he permanently loses the ability to hear it. This storytelling element fails to lead anywhere and isn't as evocative as the filmmakers hope. Another problem is that the pivotal guerrilla performances grow larger and larger in scope yet become less and less interesting as music.
If you can't spare the 102 minutes, just look up the musical scenes on YouTube. You won't be missing much.
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