Louder Than Bombs

4/8/20161h 45m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Break the silence. ~

Overview:

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.

Director:

Joachim Trier

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$11,000,000.00

Revenue:

$1,400,000.00

Key words:

new york city
sibling relationship
parent child relationship
loss of loved one
war photographer
grieving widower
grief
car accident
death of mother
father son reunion
existentialism
new york times
death of wife

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

~ as ~

Gene Reed

Isabelle Huppert

~ as ~

Isabelle Reed

Jesse Eisenberg

~ as ~

Jonah Reed

Devin Druid

~ as ~

Conrad Reed

Amy Ryan

~ as ~

Hannah Brennan

Ruby Jerins

~ as ~

Melanie

Megan Ketch

~ as ~

Amy Reed

David Strathairn

~ as ~

Richard Weissman

Rachel Brosnahan

~ as ~

Erin

Russell Posner

~ as ~

Kenneth

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Reviews (1)

Reno
Written 8 year(s) ago
6

A family in the grief, at a different level.

A multi-nationally produced film, especially you can call it a European product, but an English language film that takes place in the New York. The story of a husband and two sons of the famed war photographer who recently died in a car crash. So the film is focused to tell how they are going to cope with their loss, especially the little brother who has differences with his father. They all kind of drifted away from each other, but without an alternate they have to come together to go through it.

This is not a usual mourning theme, but sometimes I felt they forgot they're in mourning. Because the narration quickly shifts to various topics like the birth of a child, a new affair and trying to impress the girl whom the boy has a crush. So with all this, I completely witnessed a different type of film than what it had said. That's not bad, just a refreshing and with constant moving back and forth in in time to disclose some key events.

Mainly the portrayal splits into three to cover those three family members and each has its own specialty. Something like a film for older people, middle-aged and teens, all the these contents smartly joined together. Apart from the good show from the cast, the director did his best as usual, but this is not up to the par with his other works. For a watch this film definitely would do good. Since it's not a Hollywood, you won't have to worry about American film clichés, because it was developed much better and ends better.

6/10