White Noise
White Noise Image
See the trailer
Metascore
30 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 32 Critics What's this?

User Score
4.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Starring: Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Michael Keaton
  • Summary: People have always searched for a way to communicate with the other side - fascinated, motivated, driven to find a way to connect with loved ones who have passed on. Now comes this suspense thriller that explores this very-real, other-worldly communication - White Noise. Tapping into our deepest fears and most profound longings, White Noise forces us to re-examine the world in which we live and, in the process, question our most basic notions about life and death. (Universal)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 32
  3. Negative: 18 out of 32
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    67
    A not-bad ghost story that marks a comeback of sorts for its star, Michael Keaton, who hasn't top-billed a movie for almost a decade.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    Geoffrey Sax, a British television director making his theatrical debut, lavishes enough craft on the paranormal thriller to send more than a few chills down the spine.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    The unhappy dead populate Geoffrey Sax's third-rate thriller White Noise like a pre-Christmas crowd at a suburban mall. This is a shame, since they are neither scary nor sad, and less likely to haunt an audience than simply bore them to death.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    In White Noise, Hollywood and Michael Keaton try to make a decent thriller out of ghosts in the machine but come up with lousy reception and static.

See all 32 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 34
  3. Negative: 20 out of 34
  1. kingshahid
    10
    This movie had a great concept and touched on topics rarely explored. Although I do not believe in the paranormal this movie was epic and contained everything necessary for it to be suspenseful. Apparently it was a direct to dvd release which only adds to its cult status.… Expand
  2. WhiteN.
    8
    I really liked this movie it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time...thought the acting was really good as well i would definately recommend it ..the only negative thing i could say about it was i did not like the ending of the movie left you hanging had no clue what happened.… Expand
  3. TheNewSpielberg
    7
    Pretty good with some decent scares and a great performance from Michael Keaton as the architect mourning his wife. The ghost effects I thought were really cool and the whole serial killer sub plot came totally out of the blue for me. In sum, a decent thriller that is a great movie to watch on Halloween.… Expand
  4. csw12
    3
    A concept that is interesting but a movie that was made horribly and didn't make sense at all. Half the time your watching Michael Keaton watch a screen with a look on his face that he well knows he is in a garbage of a film.… Expand

See all 34 User Reviews

Trailers

Current Movie Releases

Full List »
  1. Star Trek Into Darkness
    Metascore: 72
  2. Iron Man 3
    Metascore: 62
  3. 42
    Metascore: 62
  4. Evil Dead (2013)
    Metascore: 57
  5. Oblivion
    Metascore: 54
  6. The Great Gatsby
    Metascore: 54
  7. Pain & Gain
    Metascore: 43
  8. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
    Metascore: 41
  9. The Host
    Metascore: 35
  10. The Hangover Part III
    Metascore: 34
  11. The Big Wedding
    Metascore: 29
  12. Tyler Perry's Temptation
    Metascore: 27
  13. Scary Movie 5
    Metascore: 11
All Current Movies »