White Noise

White Noise

You can’t hear it if it's everywhere.

Directed by Noah Baumbach

Produced by Heyday Films, NB/GG Pictures

2022136 min5.6 / 10

A darkly comic, intellectually ambitious exploration of mortality, family dysfunction, and consumer culture triggered by an environmental catastrophe.

Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an "Airborne Toxic Event" forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.

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  • Is White Noise one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.

  • Is White Noise scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is White Noise sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is White Noise violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does White Noise end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is White Noise easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity92

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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