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White Noise (2005)

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Reviews Counted:147

Fresh:13

Rotten:134

Average Rating:3.5/10

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

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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... 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 recording devices. These extraordinary recordings--captured by people all over the world, in their homes, with a simple tape or video recorder--seem to confirm what many of us have dared to believe: it is possible for the dead to communicate with us. And all we have to do is listen. Now, from Universal Pictures and Gold Circle Films comes the suspense thriller that explores this very-real, other-worldly communication--White Noise. Tapping into our deepest fears and most profound longings, White Noise forces us to re-examine the world in which we live and, in the process, question our most basic notions about life and death. Michael Keaton plays successful architect Jonathan Rivers, whose peaceful existence is shattered by the unexplained disappearance and death of his wife, Anna (Chandra West). Jonathan is eventually contacted by a man (Ian McNeice), who claims to be receiving messages from Anna through EVP. At first skeptical, Jonathan then becomes convinced of the messages' validity, and is soon obsessed with trying to contact her on his own. His further explorations into EVP and the accompanying supernatural messages unwittingly open a door to another world, allowing something uninvited into his life. White Noise is directed by veteran television helmer Geoffrey Sax, written by Niall Johnson (The Big Swap), and produced by Paul Brooks (executive producer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Shawn Williamson (House of the Dead). -- © Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, Ian McNeice

Starring: Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West, Ian McNeice, Nicholas Elia, Sarah Strange, Mike Dopud, Mitchell Kosterman, Keegan Connor Tracy, Miranda Frigon, April Telek, Aaron Douglas

Director: Geoffrey Sax

Director: Geoffrey Sax
Screenwriter: Niall Johnson
Producer: Paul Brooks, Shawn Williamson
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Around the two-thirds mark, this restless bum had an urge to move considerably farther than the seat's edge.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/07/05
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There's a decent concept here, but the fuzzy execution, lack of scares and a corny conclusion kill this one.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/07/05
E! Online
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A convoluted and confusing thriller that gives viewers serious migraines.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/07/05
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

About as much fun as watching static on TV.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/07/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Tune it out.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/07/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

The movie stinks.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
01/07/05
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

A disappointing show.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/07/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post

Begins intriguingly and lapses into self-contradictory nonsense.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
01/07/05
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

A moronic exercise in supernatural claptrap.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/07/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

...a clumsy, dreadfully preposterous and pedestrian thriller that seems to believe loud noises are the same as good frights.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
01/07/05
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Premiere Magazine

all the chills of a refrigerator's hum

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
01/07/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

This so-called thriller modulates the eerie static buzz of an empty frequency into the cinematic equivalent of sleep apnea.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
01/07/05
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

As inherently unthrilling, incoherent, and unsatisfying as scrambled porn.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
01/07/05
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

I didn't hate this, but... if I wanted to watch white fuzzy pictures on a TV screen, I could stay home to do that.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
01/07/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

For [Keaton], a forgettable flick like this one is like a rehab stint in A ball for a big league pitcher

Full Review Source: Lowell Sun | comment Comment
01/07/05
Austin O'Connor
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun

As a whole, the film doesn’t fit together. It’s actually three different types of movies ground together into hamburger and splattered on the screen.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
01/07/05
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

So much for 'rest in peace.'

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
01/07/05
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

[An] atmospheric but deeply stupid thriller...

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/07/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Director Geoffrey Sax bravely avoids treating White Noise as another grab bag of scare tactics.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
01/07/05
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

White Noise might have been a whole lot more fun for the sound effects crew than the actors

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
01/07/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
 
 
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April 27, 2006: "White Noise 2" Set Visit: Shawn Williamson On Horror Remakes, "Dungeon Siege," and...Canadian Horror?
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March 14, 2006: Nathan Fillion Talks "White Noise" Sequel
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