The Sound of Silence

Name: The Sound of Silence
Genre: Drama
Released: September 13, 2019
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Adit Dileep, Alex Karpovsky, Alison Fraser, Anthony Quinonez, Austin Pendleton

2019

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IFC Films | Release Date: September 13, 2019 | NR

Starring: Adit Dileep, Alex Karpovsky, Alison Fraser, Anthony Quinonez, Austin Pendleton, Bruce Altman, John D. Hickman, Perrin Drumm, Peter Sarsgaard, Rashida Jones, Theodore Bouloukos, Tina Benko, Vin Kridakorn

Summary: There are a symphony of almost undetectable sounds that make up a moment of silence, and Peter Lucian (Peter Sarsgaard) is determined to catalogue them all. Through his job as a New York City “house tuner,” the hyper-methodical Peter works meticulously to diagnose the discordant ambient noises—produced by everything from wind patterns toThere are a symphony of almost undetectable sounds that make up a moment of silence, and Peter Lucian (Peter Sarsgaard) is determined to catalogue them all. Through his job as a New York City “house tuner,” the hyper-methodical Peter works meticulously to diagnose the discordant ambient noises—produced by everything from wind patterns to humming electrical appliances—adversely affecting his clients’ moods. When he takes on the particularly difficult case of Ellen (Rashida Jones), a lonely woman plagued by chronic exhaustion, Peter finds that the mysteries of the soul may be even greater than the mysteries of sound. A quietly moving portrait of a harmony-obsessed man learning to embrace the dissonances of human emotion, The Sound of Silence invites viewers to hear the world with fresh ears.… Expand

Director: Michael Tyburski

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: NR

Runtime: 85 min

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John Anderson

Sep 12, 2019

Art is supposed to help us see the world in novel ways. The Sound of Silence, in its quietly exhilarating manner, may make us hear it differently, too. Read full review

Robert Abele

Sep 12, 2019

Chilly yet compassionate, anchored by both a characteristically deep-set portrait of off-putting intelligence from Peter Sarsgaard and a poignant turn by Rashida Jones, it’s a delicate oddity that won’t necessarily replace any of your favorite cinematic New York couplings, but it’ll remind you why we often respond to an unlikely pairing built around smarts, sadness and hope. Read full review

David Rooney

Feb 2, 2019

Director Michael Tyburski and co-writer Ben Nabors' lyrical character study ... deftly balances the cerebral with the soulful in a story of transfixing originality. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Sep 10, 2019

A wonderful high concept is compromised for another story of lonely people learning to connect. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Mar 8, 2019

The Sound of Silence is a deeply silly movie that takes itself incredibly seriously, and believe it or not, that’s its great pleasure. Read full review

Vince Mancini

Feb 2, 2019

It’s scholarly to the point that it’s bloodless, a dowdy tweed jacket of a film. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Sep 25, 2019

Sarsgaard and Jones are good actors, and both are fine. The real star, though, is sound designer Ian Gaffney-Rosenfeld and his team, who bring a depth and dimension to the story that sorely needs it. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Feb 5, 2021

The concept of noise impacting your mood is something that fits pretty much anywhere, and that very same concept is enough to arouse interest and curiosity.

However, the concept never makes of this a prominent film, because the whole ordeal is a boring and flat story, unable to do its ideaThe concept of noise impacting your mood is something that fits pretty much anywhere, and that very same concept is enough to arouse interest and curiosity.

However, the concept never makes of this a prominent film, because the whole ordeal is a boring and flat story, unable to do its idea justice.

Both Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones are sufficiently good enough to prevent the film from becoming lost, even given its short duration, but they're not enough to transform this story into something more significant or transcendental. The Sound of Silence is an insecure film that never seems to have found the best way to proceed and be more suggestive, or at least more diligent, so the result is bitter and underwhelming.… Expand

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