Louder Than a Bomb
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  • Summary: Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the turbulent lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and d vice versa. While the topics they tackle are often deeply personal, what they put into their poems—and what they get out of them—is universal: the defining work of finding one’s voice. (Balcony Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    May 19, 2011
    91
    Louder Than A Bomb is a different kind of high-school movie, brimming with life and hope instead of social-climbing, bullying, and furtive first kisses.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    May 20, 2011
    80
    There can never be too many stories of human grace and perseverance like those of Nova, or Nate, or Adam, all teens who've been encouraged to channel their resentments and desires into art.
  3. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Steve Ramos
    May 21, 2011
    80
    Arguably the best creative decision Jacobs and Siskel make in the film is choosing their talented subjects.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    May 17, 2011
    60
    The efforts to document the teams' creative processes aren't particularly successful - no camera can capture something that elusive - but the filmmakers do a fine job with the back stories of the featured poets.

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