White Noise (2005)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 144 Fresh: 12 Rotten:132 Average Rating: 3.5/10
Consensus:
While there are some built-in scares, the movie is muddled and unsatisfying.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Jan 7, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $55,865,715
Synopsis: People have always searched for a way to communicate with the other side--fascinated, motivated, driven to find a way to connect with loved ones who have passed on. Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) is the process through which the dead communicate with the living through household... [More]
Genre: Afterlife, Thriller, Videos, Paranormal
Starring: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, Ian McNeice, Nicholas Elia
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The paranormal phenomenon surely has its millions of converts, but White Noise is so silly, it just may turn many into non-believers.
03/01/07
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.
02/28/07
Top Critic
White noise is intended to help you fall asleep. White Noise would never let you do that, though. It's far too interested in a cacophony of cheap scares.
02/26/07
Some of its filmic devices seem a little hokey for a movie that is apparently trying to persuade us that EVP is a real phenomenon.
11/17/06
White Noise is little more than an old-fashioned ghost story with a newfangled twist.
10/06/06
The only problem is that there's just not that much of a reason to sit up and check out what all of the noise is about.
07/06/06
The soundtrack and crackling static, contorting into mysterious moans, create a chilling mood, but the characters are so thin.
04/01/06
Top Critic
White Noise is a lifeless affair that strives to take our money while aggravating and annoying us, a niche already filled by the Rainforest Café.
06/28/05
Scenes went unenlightened, plot points left unanswered, cheap thrills went unimproved.
05/17/05
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05/13/05
Top Critic
Through it all Keaton furrows his brow with impressive intensity. But his efforts are hampered by a script which requires him to do the exact opposite of what any right-minded individual would do in his circumstances.
05/10/05
'Mejor hay que esperar hasta que salga en DVD. Por lo menos los extras deben traer algo más interesante'
04/04/05
Jamais gasta um minuto que seja para estabelecer melhor as motivações dos personagens.
02/17/05
...an incoherent mess of a science fiction thriller that deals more in coincidences and gimmicks than logic.
02/17/05
It was great to see Michael Keaton back in a major role and this movie is scary. I had to shut my eyes a couple of times when it got intense. It makes for a good thriller.
02/07/05
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"White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, PLUS The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!
posted by RT Staff May 02, 2006
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posted by RT Staff May 02, 2006
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posted by RT Staff April 27, 2006
RT's "White Noise 2" set coverage, Part Three: producer Shawn Williamson, whose 50+ credits include...
posted by RT Staff April 27, 2006
RT's "White Noise 2" set coverage, Part Three: producer Shawn Williamson, whose 50+ credits include...
"White Noise 2" Set Visit: Patrick Lussier Promises Twists, Talks Horror
posted by RT Staff April 26, 2006
Our "White Noise 2" set coverage continues with RT's conversation with director Patrick Lussier, as the...
posted by RT Staff April 26, 2006
Our "White Noise 2" set coverage continues with RT's conversation with director Patrick Lussier, as the...
Nathan Fillion Talks "White Noise" Sequel
posted by RT Staff March 14, 2006
Sci Fi Wire talked to "Serenity" star Nathan Fillion about his upcoming thriller, "White Noise 2: The...
posted by RT Staff March 14, 2006
Sci Fi Wire talked to "Serenity" star Nathan Fillion about his upcoming thriller, "White Noise 2: The...
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