Noise (2004)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Tony Spiridakis

Writer:

Lance Doty (writer)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

What would you do for a good night's sleep?

Plot:

A riveting psychological drama about a woman (Trish Goff) trying to piece her life back together whose problems escalate when she confronts her mysterious upstairs neighbor (Ally Sheedy).

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Julia Barnett	...	Deaf Girl
Ted Bardy	...	Phil
Sarah Bloom	...	Jogger
Michelle Carano	...	Naomi
Jennifer Carter	...	New Tenant
Douglas Crosby	...	Veteran Cop
Dov Davidoff	...	Larry
Jeridette Donaldson	...	Margaret's Assistant
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Hank
Adam Ferrara	...	Young Detective
Sam Fontana	...	Chief Copy Editor
Craig Gass	...	Deaf Man
Mark Giordano	...	Young Cop
Trish Goff	...	Joyce Chandler
Nicole Hansen	...	Sheila (as Nikki Hansen)

Also Known As:

The Dark Descends (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence.

Runtime:

USA:84 min (Santa Barbara Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:MA (2008)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rockville Pictures Inc.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the closing scene, Joyce is walking from the police station. There's a shot of her from the window which cuts back to the policeman standing in that window. When we see her again, she's not as far along on the sidewalk as she was when they first showed her.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Older Detective: Look at her go, like all the demons of hell are after her.

Definitely Not The Tennant

Noise boasts, among other things, being in the vein of the Roman Polansky film, The Tennant. My advice is see the Tennant, which is one of the more creepy and trippy psychological dramas you will find. Noise, on the other hand, doesn't know what it wants to be. It falls short of trippiness by sticking to a plot that has few delusions. The ridiculous events of the film really do happen. The characters (especially the most annoying Alley Sheedy) are not believable. The irritability of the "neigbor upstairs" is more like the antics of the old woman from the even more pathetic film Duplex. What you get is an attempt at a funny film that isn't funny. It strives to be Duplex which itself was just annoying. Yet the ridiculousness takes away from the lame attempt at being creepy.