FILM REVIEW
White Noise
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Michael Keaton, Deborah Unger, Ian McNeice,
Chandra West
Classification: 13V
Running Time: 98 minutes
Opens On: 22 Apr 2005
Until the sudden and mysterious death of his beloved wife, architect
Jonathan Rivers (MICHAEL KEATON) considered himself a decent, rational
man, one who would not ordinarily subscribe to any theories about
communicating with the dead. But now, a stranger, Raymond Price (IAN
McNEICE), has entered his life, claiming to have heard Jonathan's wife,
Anna (CHANDRA WEST), through EVP. Fuelled by his grief as much as
curiosity, Jonathan soon finds himself swayed by Raymond's claims,
validated by the recordings of Anna as well as the testimonial of Sarah
Tate (DEBORAH KARA UNGER), who herself has found closure with her deceased
fiancée through EVP. Jonathan comes to believe when Raymond says of the
dead, "I can hear them, I can see them and I can record them."
Then, the unthinkable-Jonathan himself captures Anna's voice and image
through recordings he has made; she has established direct contact. Anna's
message: for Jonathan to save the future victims of the brutal psychopath
who took her life. But his dead wife's communications are often fuzzy,
challenging to decipher. And Jonathan, in his growing obsession with
reaching Anna, fails to notice signs of impending danger, summed up by
Raymond's assessment of the souls who cross the divide from the other
side: "They can't all be nice."
What Jonathan hopes to be true is, in fact, possible: our departed loved
ones can reach us... but if they can come through, who, or what else, can
also come through?
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