Movie #2114 "Sound of Metal" (Amazon Prime) Boy, if I judged this from the first scene, I would never have continued watching it. The first scene was some footage of Riz Ahmed playing the drums so loudly while his girlfriend Olivia Cooke screamed over the top of the music, with lights flashing all over; it was just not my kind of idea of entertainment and it hurt my ears --- so annoying. Little did I know the rest of the movie is so so so quiet because in the next scene he loses his sense of hearing. Wow! Imagine someone who depends on sound for a livelihood being stripped of that for the rest of his life! Well, you don't have to imagine it, because this film covers the subject quite well --- shows what the medical world offers to do for him, and it also shows what an organization that watches out for addicts who fall into this problem do for him. Because he is a recovering addict. The film is quiet ----- doesn't do a lot of telling ---- he has just a couple of scenes where he actually says how he is feeling, and the rest is inferred by the viewer, conveyed by the actor. It was a wonderful film, and it is deserving of the recognition it has been getting. It really makes you conscious of all the sounds in the world and how we depend on them and what happens if they are suddenly taken away. I give this a 4 out of 5, and once again another fine acting job from Mr. Ahmed. ("Night Of --- " was the other show I recommend seeing him in --- outstanding)
"SOUND OF METAL" 2 hours 2019 R-rated
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