White Noise
Directed by Noah BaumbachDramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
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- Kevin WardJuly 5, 2025This is a film that lands squarely in the Not For Everyone genre. It’s an absurdist satire of our collective existential dread. A 2 hr plus genre hopping escapade that at it’s most basic follows a family amidst an evacuation of their town as it is being threatened by a toxic airborne event. Beyond that, this is a very difficult film to summarize, but a much more interesting film to talk about. I can see each viewer potentially coming out of the theater with a different idea of what the central thesis of this film was. My experience of the film was that fear of death, immediate or eventual, drives everyone in some capacity here. And with everyone anxious about their own mortality, they tend to lose sight of the things that are right in front of them—their family, their relationships, etc. I say this knowing that’s not what everyone’s take away will be, which ultimately makes me want to encourage everyone to watch this, knowing that half of you will not like this film. I found it to be really funny, though only sporadically. It’s also, impressive on a technical level perfectly capturing the vibe of many different genres of films, but other times it looked very much like a Netflix production. It was captivatingly entertaining, yet it also felt way too long. I definitely recommend. I just want to apologize to half of you in advance.
- cultfilmlikerJune 8, 2025“Family is the cradle of the world’s misinformation.” Love all the horror beats. Enjoyed the humor in act 1, but the metaphors get messy when the inciting event happens. The COVID allegory was decent but it felt conflicted wrt our response to it. I did find humor in the constant shifting, especially the impromptu river raft ride. And the part with Bill Camp. The reopening supermarket tho not so great! So, second act: a lotta good, a little bad! Didn’t really understand the hard left turn in the third act but it was at least interesting to watch! Enjoyed the performances and Greta’s hair especially!
- Tyler SFebruary 10, 2025👍 6.5/10
