Very powerful movie full of emotions The journey of dealing with deafness is told impecably , each stage you feel the disappointment and empowerless of Ruben Well written , Well directed , and very well acted , Riz Ahmed is phenomenal and the sound was great

Very powerful movie! I don't need to repeat, what the other comments already pointed out. The only 2 things I found a little bit weird, were 1st: that it seemd like nobody told Ruben, that [spoiler] his hearing will be different after the surgery. [/spoiler] I don't think (or hope) that the doctors he probably talked to, wouldn't tell him that. And 2nd, I feel like "Metal" as a genre, probably hasn't been handled fair here. I do not listen to Metal myself, but obviously for a lot of people it sounds just like "loud noise" which Ruben [spoiler] turns off at the end. [/spoiler] So metaphorically... Maybe that thought goes too far, but I feel, that metal as a genre was handled a little negative. [spoiler] Like these two only played Metal because they were hurt from the past and that they had to get out of it, to start living a normal life again. [/spoiler] But still for the characters, as they were presented, I think storywise it worked and the journey they had, was resolved very very well. But these really are the only issues I had. People should definetly watch it! Great movie! :)

Fantastic film. Riz Ahmed plays a metal drummer losing his hearing. Olivia Cooke plays his girlfriend. One of the best of the year. Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place beyond the Pines) co wrote the script, and his fine balance of drama and tragedy shines through. The performances are noteworthy, Ahmed giving an absolute blinder. The sound design is predictably stark given the subject. Hard to review without spoilers but the themes of rehabilitation and self destruction are evident. Marder also wrote 'The Place Beyond the Pines', so it's clear that this team are a tight-knit group who believe in each others work. It's a film that would have been overly melodramatic and sentimental in the wrong hands, but the direction is absolutely pitch perfect, and the last 15 minutes or so had me in bits.

Great movie. In the end, it is about acceptance of who we are.

Part of me fears of losing my hearing at some point in my life. You just gotta appreciate the little things you take for granted sometimes. Being abled in all your senses is a gift itself. This movie made me appreciate it more. Got me thinking. I am just moved. Brilliant film. Perfect. Immaculate.