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Movie Info

On a remote island, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. After a neurologist commits her to a psychiatric hospital, she becomes a full-blown rebel as she fights for her freedom.

Genre:

drama, mystery and thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Catherine Eaton
Producer:

Catherine Eaton, Caitlin Gold, Veronique Huyghebaert, Aliki Paraschis, Jessica Vale
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 10, 2020
Runtime:

1h 33m

Cast & Crew

Teddy Sears
Michael

Catherine Eaton
Liv

Harris Yulin
Lionel

Frankie Faison
Roland

Betsy Aidem
Police Chief Phyllis

Carolyn Baeumler
Shut Up

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Critic Reviews for The Sounding

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (4)

Rich in its execution and careful in its approach, "The Sounding" resonates.

October 21, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Kate Erbland
indieWire
The Sounding impresses more with its majestic and ageless feel than its vague ideas around the human mind.

October 20, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Tomris Laffly
RogerEbert.com
The Sounding might have worked better as a theater piece - which is how it began - than as a film, where its excessive quirkiness feels all the more glaring.

October 19, 2020 | Full Review…

Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
Ms. Eaton's film can be trying for its messiness, challenging in its allusiveness, or precious in several spasms of ritual jubilation, but it's never less than fascinating, and often beautiful.

October 16, 2020 | Full Review…

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
When you're still pondering a film long after it ends, it's a success, and The Sounding gets under your skin.

January 24, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Carissa Pavlica
TV Fanatic
It's not as profound as you may think, but The Sounding is a proof of honest storytelling we don't see often.

January 11, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Federico Furzan
Screentology
Where it flails with its meaning, it impresses with its direction and command. Catherine Eaton stuns.

December 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Bill Arceneaux
Of Those Who
Catherine Eaton's directorial debut is a well crafted and intimate drama that shines a light on mental illness issues, combined with a naturalistic approach and dreamlike imagery.

December 10, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Alejandro Turdo
Hoy Sale Cine
A strikingly unique debut from director and star Catherine Eaton

November 25, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Whitty
Film Racket
I kept wishing that The Sounding had the courage of its convictions, to take a note from the playwright it admires so much and do something, anything, out of the ordinary, something risky and comic and daring.

November 22, 2020 | Full Review…

Clement Tyler Obropta
Film Inquiry
Catherine Eaton, co-writer/director/star of the independent film The Sounding, is able to take an idea that could have been so hokey and turn it into something unique and beautiful.

October 28, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Ruth Maramis
FlixChatter Film Blog
The kind of film that forces me to drop a Shakespeare quote of my own by stating that it is, as a wise man once said, "full of sound and fury / Signifying nothing."

October 22, 2020 | Full Review…

Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com