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Louder Than Bombs
A widower (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of his wife (Isabelle Huppert), a famed war photographer whose career was cut short in the wake of her untimely death.
15 December 1990, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
5 October 1983, New York City, New York, USA
3 May 1968, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
February 18, 2017
Louder than Bombs subverts preconceptions so slyly, many audiences and critics will be easily forgiven for thinking it is nothing more than a work of morose egotism.December 28, 2016
The movie stirs all sorts of personal feelings, and the mixture of plainness and flourish in its aesthetic creates a fresh, resonant and absorbing family portrait.April 28, 2016
Here is a drama about a troubled family that builds not to a crescendo of screams and confrontations, but toward empathy and understanding.April 22, 2016
A ponderous, overwrought meditation on grief, loss, guilt, and memory that prods and probes its characters more like lab rats than living, breathing creations.April 29, 2016
The people aren't people here; they're not even types - just instruments for conveying words and pictures, some of which are artful, but not nearly enough to make up for the dire drear and maudlin indulgence.February 23, 2017
A wandering but superemotive film worthy of the intelligent Trier, portraitist of unsatisfied and hesitant manhood. [Full review in Spanish]April 26, 2016
There are moments of almost unspeakable beauty in the film, not the least of which are Isabelle's war zone photographs. Like the movie itself, they dare you to look away but award you deeply for baring witness.January 02, 2017
Louder Than Bombs may be a bit theatrical in its telling, but its ever-present, if largely low-lying, gut punch rarely feels unrealistic.May 05, 2016
A note-perfect exploration of death and life and loss.December 06, 2016
One of the finest family dramas I've seen in a great long while.