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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAs a follow-up to his striking 2002 directorial debut, "The Believer," this second obsessive study in fanaticism by writer-director Henry Bean has its own delirious integrity and outsider-art charm.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxBean fills in some empty spaces with heady thoughts about the nature of power and beauty, but the movie's real appeal lies in the simple but by no means inconsiderable pleasure of watching Tim Robbins take a hammer to a parked car as it wails pointlessly, deep into the night.
- 63New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe movie has enough big-city wickedness and merry cruelty to keep things skittering unpredictably.
- 50VarietyVarietyAmusing but marginal diatribe against aural assault in Manhattan.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceNoise has too many warring genres on the boil and too many thoughts jockeying for supremacy.
- 50New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNoise ultimately becomes a slice of city life instead of a great satire.
- 42The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinBean always writes interesting scripts that toy with big ideas, but the films that result aren't always good. (Or even bearable.) Here he sets out to make an aural "Fight Club," but instead he's made a movie about a guy who really needs to buy earplugs.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterDespite its intriguing premise, the movie is a disappointing misfire.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe movie, whose cacophonous soundtrack, when turned up, conjures your worst nightmare of sirens, car alarms, jackhammers and sundry aural assaults, is a one-trick film that rapidly wears out its welcome.