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Noise (2007)

Noise poster
Directed by
Henry Bean
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A successful Manhattan lawyer is driven crazy by city noise and starts vandalizing things to quiet them down. His actions get the attention of the mayor.

frustratedtensesatiricalurbanquirkyunderstatedthought-provoking

What happens

Noise is a 2007 American comedy drama film written and directed by Henry Bean. It stars Tim Robbins and Bridget Moynahan. Robbins plays a successful lawyer in Manhattan named David Owen who is bothered by all the noise in the city, and who resorts to vandalism to put a stop to it, adopting the identity of "The Rectifier". His acts of vandalism provoke the mayor of the city, played by William Hurt. The film premiered October 22, 2007 at the Rome Film Festival. It was later shown at the AFI Film Festival on November 6, 2007. It opened in limited release in the United States on May 9, 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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