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Feel the Noise
Sony BMG

Feel the Noise reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.2 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content, violence, some drug use, language and innuendos

Starring Omarion Grandberry, Victor Rasuk, Zulay Henao, and Giancarlo Esposito

After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob flees to a place and father he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade. (Sony Pictures)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Albert Leon  
DIRECTED BY: Alejandro Chomski  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: January 29, 2008 
Theatrical: October 5, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The plot is contrived, the performances are all over the board, and Chomski's camera ogles his actresses just a little too much.
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50
The New York Times Andy Webster
It’s the subtexts -- about minority kinship and Hispanic self-actualization -- that resound. If only its fable (and leading man) didn’t keep getting in the way.
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50
Boston Globe Ty Burr
Old story, new beat: That sums up Feel the Noise, an acceptable if resolutely average low-budget drama set in the New York/Puerto Rican musical melting pot known as reggaeton.
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50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Painfully cliched. The music is throbbing and the leads are cute, but there's nothing here viewers haven't seen before.
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50
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
No one will mistake director Alejandro Chomski's Feel the Noise for great drama. But there's an undeniable sweetness to the characters, the performers are highly appealing, and the music sizzles.
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40
Variety Joe Leydon
Trifling time-killer.
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40
Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt
It’s hard to fault a screenwriter for cramming every idea he’s ever had about anything into his first movie for fear there won’t be a second.
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30
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Inane uplift tale for teens.
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25
The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Reggaeton has officially come of age: The burgeoning subgenre now has a terrible, opportunistic exploitation movie to call its own.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 3.2 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

george s. gave it a10:
Fun and Sexy, great music!

J B. gave it a0:
This movie was awful. Dragging, boring, didn't have a good plot. Jennifer Lopez could have done better. Came out of the theater with a HUGE headache. Everyone in the theater was booing.

Brendan A. gave it a1:
Lazy script-writers don't bother hiding how artifically manipulative and emotionally kitsch they are. Passive feel-good commercial for Puerto Rico and Reggaeton.

Alba R gave it a0:
Piece of crap, Jennifer Lopez does not know jack about reggaeton, jack about Puerto Rico and obviously doesnt know jack about producing! This film is horrible and full of stereotypes its ridiculous, and the story line simply sucks! Too bad this movie is seen as the advocate to reggaeton!

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