2015
TV-MA
New Films International
1 h 41 m

2015
TV-MA
New Films International
1 h 41 m

Summary The Sound and The Fury captures the lives and passions of the Compsons, a once proud Southern family caught in a tragic spiral of loss and misfortune. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner author William Faulkner and considered among the 20th century's greatest works, The Sound and The Fury encapsulates the universal theme of the deat...

Drama

Directed By: James Franco

Written By: William Faulkner, Matt Rager

2015
TV-MA
New Films International
1 h 41 m

2015
TV-MA
New Films International
1 h 41 m

The Sound and the Fury

Name: The Sound and the Fury
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-10-23
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Rating: 38
Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Loretta Devine, Ahna O'Reilly

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: James Franco

Written By: William Faulkner, Matt Rager

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The Playlist

Oct 22, 2015

If ‘Dying’‘s main issue was a surfeit of ideas, ’Sound’ feels like it suffers from a paucity.

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 22, 2015

There’s certainly an overall sense of a formerly rich family’s fortunes dwindling, both economically and emotionally, but the three sections don’t add up to something more than the sum of their parts.

By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW

Variety

Oct 22, 2015

The Sound and the Fury is certainly a folly, failing to capture the weird, entrancing, often maddening ambiance of the great writer’s elliptical masterpiece, and its surfeit of half-baked film-student flourishes and needless cameos occasionally give it an amateur-hour feel.

By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW

The Telegraph

Oct 22, 2015

Faulkner’s book, an oblique and complex tale of the American South’s festering decline, hasn’t so much been reworked for cinema as simply dumped on the screen in handfuls, and the result is a swirling mess.

By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Oct 22, 2015

So bogged down by form, Franco fails to get his head up enough to think about content.

By Paul MacInnes FULL REVIEW

We Got This Covered

Aug 7, 2019

One can say that Faulkner is unfilmable, but any work will be unfilmable when it is being adapted by a talentless director. In this case, the fault of the film’s issues stem completely from Franco and not at all with the difficulty in Faulkner’s writing. Hopefully, after two failed outings, the actor will learn to leave Faulkner’s masterful work alone. Although knowing him, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him try his hand at adapting one of the author’s works again.

By Matt Hoffman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Made In Film-Land, New Films International, Picture Entertainment, Rabbit Bandini Films

Release Date Oct 23, 2015

Duration 1 h 41 m

Rating TV-MA

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Benjy Compson

Tim Blake Nelson

Father

Scott Haze

Jason Compson IV

Loretta Devine

Dilsey

Ahna O'Reilly

Caddy Compson

Joey King

Miss Quentin

Jacob Loeb

Quentin Compson

Janet Jones

Caroline Bascomb Compson

Dwight Henry

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Jim Parrack

Herbert Ames

Kylen Davis

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Brady Permenter

Young Quentin Compson

Stella Allen

Young Caddy Compson

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Jacob Skirtech

Young Benjy Compson

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