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White Noise

2005 · 98 min · Director: Geoffrey Sax ★ IMDb 5.5 · 53,439 ratings

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The car of successful author Anna Rivers is found disabled next to the river, the thought being that she accidentally fell into the river while trying to change a flat tire. Her dead body is found upstream several weeks later, consistent with the accidental death theory. Based on incidents around him, her grieving husband, architect Jonathan Rivers, decides several months later to visit with Raymond Price, who approached John prior to Anna's body being found with news that she was trying to contact him from beyond. At that time, John was skeptical of Raymond's claims of electronic voice phenomena (EVP): that he is contacted from the beyond through electronic means - radio, television - which he is able to record. Along with Sarah Tate, another of Raymond's "clients" whose fiancé passed away, John becomes obsessed with EVP as he gets more and more audio and video messages, however fuzzy, from Anna from beyond. That obsession takes a slight change in focus when John believes that Anna is trying to pass along information to help others. But the nature of those messages and their connection to Raymond in combination with John learning that not all good comes through EVP leads to the possible belief that he dabbling in EVP in and of itself may be dangerous and the cause of those potentially deadly issues in which he is supposed to assist in helping. John has to decide whether or not to continue with his work in EVP, not continuing which means that he may actually prevent bad things from happening, and continuing which means that he gets his much wanted connection with Anna.

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White Noise (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 30%, Anxiety 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity27 %3 %6 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Hope41 %20 %17 %25 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness62 %51 %32 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Sadness67 %60 %36 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity59 %39 %34 %50 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity56 %28 %28 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity58 %29 %30 %54 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity59 %31 %38 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Sadness62 %39 %43 %50 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension65 %39 %48 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity67 %31 %53 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Tension69 %28 %56 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Hope69 %29 %59 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Tension75 %33 %69 %46 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Tension79 %44 %75 %33 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Tension77 %53 %72 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension86 %60 %72 %37 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness79 %68 %46 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Sadness69 %67 %20 %9 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Chandra West

Anna Rivers

Ian McNeice

Raymond Price

SS
Sarah Strange

Jane

NE
Nicholas Elia

Mike Rivers

Mike Dopud

Detective Smits

MR
Marsha Regis

Police Woman

BS
Brad Sihvon

Minister

MK
Mitchell Kosterman

Work Man

LH
L. Harvey Gold

Business Man

AR
Amber Rothwell

Susie Tomlinson

SR
Suzanne Ristic

Mary Freeman

MF
Miranda Frigon

Car Crash Woman

Aaron Douglas

Young Father

AH
Anthony Harrison

Doctor

BD
Bruce Dawson

Mark

Benita Ha

TV Reporter

AC
Anastasia Corbett

Young Girl (EVP)

Details

Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Written by
Niall Johnson
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
98 min
Country
United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 53,439 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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