Rating: PG13
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 01/07/2005(USA)
Release Date: 01/08/2008
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Divorced architect
Jonathan Rivers (
Michael Keaton) seems to lead a pretty good life with partial custody of his young son and a happy second marriage to
Anna (
Chandra West), a best-selling author. Things take an ugly turn when
Anna disappears during a thunderstorm, apparently the victim of a freak accident. Eventually, her body is found, and
Jonathan sinks into despair. Then he meets
Raymond (
Ian McNeice), who claims that
Anna has contacted him through EVP, or electronic voice phenomena.
Raymond explains that the dead can communicate from beyond via static on common electronic equipment like radios and televisions.
Jonathan is skeptical until he starts getting phone calls from
Anna's inactive cell phone. He visits
Raymond, whose home is filled with audio and video monitors and high-tech recording equipment. There he meets
Sarah (
Deborah Kara Unger), who has recently received a farewell message from her late fiancé.
Jonathan eventually receives what appears to be a communication from
Anna, but soon afterward,
Raymond turns up dead. Obsessed with maintaining contact with his late wife,
Jonathan visits a psychic (
Connor Tracy) who warns him that he's going down a dangerous path, "meddling" in the affairs of the dead. Undaunted,
Jonathan continues to study EVP and eventually finds that he's getting messages from people who haven't died...yet.
White Noise was directed by
Geoffrey Sax from an original script by
Niall Johnson.
~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
