Sound of Noise
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 7, 2012
What binds the entertaining crime movie to its YouTube-ready musical interludes is the unspoken yearning of its two leads: he for the world of silence in which he'd rather live, and she for all the sounds that slip by every second, uncontrolled and unappreciated. Read full review
80
The New York TimesDavid DeWittMar 8, 2012
What follows is a character study mixed with outlandish crime procedural. Everyone's quite serious about the joke, without a moment of Adam Sandler-style "look at how cute we are" that would only dilute the film's appeal. Sound of Noise is a dry treat - a solid, self-aware cult pleasure. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMar 8, 2012
Without pounding home its avant-garde cred, this fresh ode to found sound and the music of silence casts an amused gaze at careerism, classical-music reverence and notions of artistic purity and ends with a pitch-perfect change of tune. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJesse CataldoMar 5, 2012
The film is ultimately winning because of its devilish anarchic streak, aiming its arrows at the stuffiness of the traditional musical establishment. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterPeter BrunetteMar 4, 2012
The basic premise of this delightful comedy from Sweden is one of the most imaginative you'll ever see. It's all based on music -- raw, elemental and percussive -- out of which genuine laughs are wrung from beginning to end. Read full review
70
VarietyAlissa SimonMar 4, 2012
A delightful comic cocktail of modern city symphony, police procedural and love story. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMar 21, 2012
Unique to a fault, Sound of Noise is a daft police procedural, an absurdist comedy, a piece of metaphysical agitprop, a music-performance film with a bit of story attached, and/or none of the above. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesMar 6, 2012
The backbeat anarchy is fun while it lasts, but without a persuasive purpose, it's all just noise in the end. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonMar 6, 2012
More an intriguing premise than a successful film, the Malmö-set Sound of Noise, about a group of "musical terrorists," quickly loses its novelty and becomes about as bold as a Swedish production of "Stomp." Read full review
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