on Friday and streaming on Netflix starting December 30, parents Jack and Babette argue with their kids Denise , Heinrich and Steffi over whether the toxic, black smoke headed for their town is a “feathery plume” or a “billowing cloud.”In a typical disaster movie, the protagonists would be getting the hell out of dodge instead of debating semantics.
Sam Nivola as Heinrich, Adam Driver as Jack, May Nivola as Steffie, Greta Gerwig as Babette, Dean Moore/Henry Moore as Wilder and Raffey Cassidy as Denise in the Netflix release "White Noise."That crisis, err, the airborne toxic event, is the result of a spectacular collision between a train and a tanker trunk, which throws their delicate family dynamic into chaos and a seemingly endless series of traffic jams and overcrowded evacuation centers.
From there, the film goes off the rails in a noir-ish third act as both Jack and Babette are sent over the edge and driven to acts of desperation. The tonal shift is the kind of WTF moment that might make you give up on a movie. But not one that features Driver, pot-bellied and disheveled, delivering one of his best performances as the perpetually exasperated Jack.
Earlier this year, I was watching the closing night film of the Cleveland International Film Festival and at the end of it, a woman in front of me stood up and said to her companion, “I liked it, I just don’t know how to articulate it.” I had the same reaction when someone asked me on my way out of the theater what I thought of “White Noise.” I have a feeling others will, too.
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