They should have explored the free-will aspect a little more, but overall I liked it.

I thought this was an interesting concept film - sure there are relationship breakdowns in it but these characters depicted are clever - they are not perfect. This film is simply about accessing Telepathy and what you might do if you could read or influence another persons thought processes and what happens when a g'meant gets hold of technology for controlling its citizens thinking. Listening is an interesting concept film. I say concept because you need to constantly watch out for the critics (rotten tomatoes) who review films - they give big scores to crap films like Spy and Turbo Kid and then hang crap on a concept film like this. I don't understand what exactly they hope to gain out of honoring stupid spoof films or comedy genital overloaded jokes films with there 8/10 score. They don't like concept films that's for sure!!.

This is an excellent film which tackles some very interesting moral questions in an understandable and entertaining way. It's rare to see such a strong narrative which holds your interest for the entire film. With surprisingly good production values and some great casting choices, this really is a 'Diamond in the Rough'. There are plenty of twists and turns in the plot, which deals with basic human freedoms and ethics - even though it can seem a little slow at the start. If you stick with this movie and give it a chance, you'll find yourself drawn into a world of secrets, espionage and brain-computer interfacing. If you enjoy films that pose interesting moral dilemmas and aren't just full of action, stunts and CGI effects, this title is one of the best I've seen in quite a while and I'd recommend it highly.

The movie reminds me a lot of Primer, but Listening tries to take it up one more level. While the concept in Primer seems mostly talk, this movie movies around with you a lot more.A group of broke college students sacrifice everything for their experiment to harness the power of the mind. In a lot of ways the story works like the social network. Two kids who come up with a great idea, and everything is cool until they figure out they changed the world, and in that moment they change (Although the movie attempts to put morals behind the change) The philosophy of the movie is pretty cool, but at times feels like it's going all over the place which makes the movie seem longer than it really is. I actually love very low budget Hard Sci-Fi films like this one that fully draw the fiction from actual fact, but there are moments where the movie bites off more than it can chew, Ironically, not with the Science part, but with the social commentary about young genius who create something they loose control of.I did love the story and the characters in the story, no matter what, everyone was likable and you want to root for them throughout, but I would wait to stream this online one a day when you have nothing better to do.