Feel the Noise

Name: Feel the Noise
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: October 5, 2007
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Melonie Diaz, Omarion Grandberry

2007

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: October 5, 2007 | PG-13

Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Melonie Diaz, Omarion Grandberry

Summary: 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 withAfter 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)… Expand

Director: Alejandro Chomski

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 86 min

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TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Painfully cliched. The music is throbbing and the leads are cute, but there's nothing here viewers haven't seen before. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Trifling time-killer. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Reggaeton has officially come of age: The burgeoning subgenre now has a terrible, opportunistic exploitation movie to call its own. Read full review

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georges.

Oct 8, 2007

Fun and Sexy, great music!

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ChadS.

Jan 4, 2008

"Feel the Noise" is an odd duck. Shot on a shoestring budget, this gritty-looking film has very little profanity, or sex. The music is authentic, but the environment it hails from isn't. In spite of this bifurcation, "Feel the Noise" gets by with some very appealing performances. We "Feel the Noise" is an odd duck. Shot on a shoestring budget, this gritty-looking film has very little profanity, or sex. The music is authentic, but the environment it hails from isn't. In spite of this bifurcation, "Feel the Noise" gets by with some very appealing performances. We know Victor Rasuk and Melonie Diaz from "Raising Victor Vargas"(the latter is heartbreaking in "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"), but we didn't know who Zulay Henao was. We do now. She's a knockout. "Feel the Noise" has a storyline that is mind-numbingly predictable. The story about a troubled boy who leaves the ghetto for a better life feels familiar. Instead of joining a drumline, Rob(Omarion Grandberry) is indoctrinated into the world of reggaeton. He and Javi(Victor Rasuk) form a band. They're good enough to record a demo in New York, but Rob breaks the deal when their producer America-nizes their Puerto Rican sound. Since Javi has some Hispanic blood in him, he's the one who should make the stand against compromise and selling out. Early in "Feel the Noise", their father(Giancarlo Esposito) acts as a mouthpiece for the film's agenda of showing how the colonized rises up against its colonizer when he talks about Puerto Rico's status as the oldest country under colonial rule.… Expand

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BrendanA.

Oct 6, 2007

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

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AlbaR

Oct 6, 2007

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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JB.

Oct 6, 2007

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.

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vinidornellas

May 29, 2023

JLo is an arrogant and deplorable woman who doesn't know what quality and talent is. His works are hideous and dark.

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ChinoJ.

Nov 22, 2008

Tired. Same ol' lame story. Nothing that hasen't been seen before. Even thou Raggaeton is slowly fading (trends change), this movie has put the final nail in the coffin. Thanks alot Miss Lopez, thanks for nothing!!!!!!!

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