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Noise

  • 20072007
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
4.4K
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Noise (2007)
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  • Comedy
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A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

IMDb RATING
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4.4K
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  • Director
    • Henry Bean
  • Writer
    • Henry Bean
  • Stars
    • Tim Robbins
    • William Hurt
    • Bridget Moynahan
Top credits
  • Director
    • Henry Bean
  • Writer
    • Henry Bean
  • Stars
    • Tim Robbins
    • William Hurt
    • Bridget Moynahan
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    • 29User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    Bridget Moynahan in Noise (2007)
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    Tim Robbins
    Tim Robbins
    • David Owenas David Owen
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • Mayor Schneeras Mayor Schneer
    Bridget Moynahan
    Bridget Moynahan
    • Helen Owenas Helen Owen
    Margarita Levieva
    Margarita Levieva
    • Ekaterina Filippovnaas Ekaterina Filippovna
    Gabrielle Brennan
    Gabrielle Brennan
    • Chris Owenas Chris Owen
    María Ballesteros
    • Gruskaas Gruska
    William Baldwin
    William Baldwin
    • Mayor's Chief of Staffas Mayor's Chief of Staff
    Eric L. Abrams
    • Security Cop #1as Security Cop #1
    • (as Eric Lenox Abrams)
    Jessica Almasy
    • Crackpot Anarchistas Crackpot Anarchist
    Leora Barish
    • Tiny Juroras Tiny Juror
    Michael J. Burg
    Michael J. Burg
    • Judsonas Judson
    Colleen Camp
    Colleen Camp
    • Mrs. Broomellas Mrs. Broomell
    Louis Carbonneau
    Louis Carbonneau
    • Officer Morettias Officer Moretti
    • (as Lou Carbonneau)
    Chuck Cooper
    Chuck Cooper
    • Judge Gibsonas Judge Gibson
    Catherine Curtin
    Catherine Curtin
    • Barbaraas Barbara
    Maryam Myika Day
    Maryam Myika Day
    • Joanie TV Reporteras Joanie TV Reporter
    Joel Diamond
    Joel Diamond
    • Joelas Joel
    Ramon Fernandez
    Ramon Fernandez
    • Arresting Officeras Arresting Officer
    • Director
      • Henry Bean
    • Writer
      • Henry Bean
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    Storyline

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    In long flashbacks, David Owen looks back to when he lived in Manhattan with his wife and baby. The unnecessary noises of the city interrupt his life to the point that he takes a baseball bat to the windshield of cars whose alarms are blaring. After a few arrests, his wife kicks him out. On his own, he learns to avoid arrest and leaves a calling card as "The Rectifier" when he breaks into an offending car. Gruska, an enterprising young reporter, tracks him down. He tells her his story, they become lovers, and she organizes a petition drive for a ballot initiative to ban car alarms. The mayor becomes the Rectifier's bête noire. Can David fight City Hall and win? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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      • The difference is I do something about it.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Crime
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    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Henry Bean based David Owen on himself. In real life, Bean broke into people's cars to disable their noisy alarms. He was eventually arrested and jailed.
    • Quotes

      Helen Owen: Close the window, you know... don't think about it.

      David Owen: I can't.

      Helen Owen: You can't close the window?

      David Owen: What if I want it open?

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Speed Racer/Noise/Meet Bill/What Happens in Vegas.../The Fall (2008)

    User reviews29

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    Top review
    7/10
    Not the big picture, but still worthy
    Noise is one of those movies we've wanted to watch for quite some time but never got a chance. It surfaced on the Xbox video marketplace, and so we thought we'd give it a rent. But while the issue of noise harassment is one that hits close to home for many, the same can't be so easily said of the movie bearing the name.

    The reason for that is double standardization, and Henry Bean's Noise sins greatly in applying hypocrisy as one of its primary assets. Having expressed this sentiment, Noise is nonetheless a smart, entertaining movie doing more to promote understanding of the harm done by noise than most authorities ever could, and for that we heartily recommend it. It's also got Tim Robbins in the main role, and he's as awesome as ever.

    In this one he plays David Owen, a successful professional and family man who relocates to Upper West Side Manhattan from suburban environs. Initially, the NYC apartment experience works well for Owen, his wife (Bridget Moynahan) and daughter (Gabrielle Brennan). Over time, though, he begins to get increasingly irritated with car alarms going off unattended, to the point of literally ruining his life. Precipitated by this trauma, and by the indifference to his plight offered by those around him, a transformation occurs, one in which docile David Owen becomes a rampaging anti-noise vigilante with no qualms over taking matters into his own hands.

    But this is where Bean and his movie verge into hypocrisy-land. While the main character crusades against noise makers, he only seems to care about inadvertent machine-generated noise like alarms and backup beepers. Yet, his own wife is shown to be a chamber musician who regularly holds recitals in their living room. Are we certain the neighbors approve? Therefore, the overt conduct of this film is too limited in scope to a specific kind of noise, while perhaps tacitly endorsing a much more malicious form causing misery to millions.

    Later the story does acknowledge the individual nature of suffering from noise – the protagonist encounters those who complain about manhole covers, drum playing neighbors, boomboxes and other problems. He also hooks up with one of the noise makers, done by lovely Margarita Levieva, who becomes an unlikely ally in struggle to get city authorities to recognize the plight of the noise-terrorized citizenry. This leads to a borderline-racist parody of Mayor Bloomberg done by an overly smug William Hurt.

    In showcasing a progressive struggle, the movie does a lot of good – there's a very efficient portrayal of the uncaring legal system's impotence in enforcing noise regulations, something that needs to be shown if change is ever to materialize. Owen ends up achieving a modest victory, and the movie concludes on a positive, satisfying note.

    Noise goes by quickly and says quite a bit for its modest timespan. Tim Robbins, as usual, does a wonderful job as a person suffering from torture at the hands of stupid, monolithic factors he can't control in a world that no longer bothers with traditional civilities. Anyone who's ever been in that situation will see themselves in Robbins' character right away.

    The narrow scope Noise maintains most of the time, the hypocrisy and the mere token mention of the broader issue of noise, however, take away from the sense of achievement here. As it stands, the film comes too close to discussing a mere pet peeve rather than a far reaching social sickness, but even so, this is one movie you should watch.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2009 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Sobrepasando el límite
    • Filming locations
      • Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Seven Arts Pictures
      • Fuller Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €2,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $16,513
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,687
      • May 11, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $16,934
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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