I really didn't think I was going to like this movie but by the end I was pleasantly surprised. It left me thinking and wondering which is something I really enjoy getting from a movie. It's a bit artsy and snobby in my opinion which is why it wasn't perfect but stick it out and you may be pleasantly surprised by the end.

** This review may contain spoilers for a movie that might not even be worth watching.Filled with dull and slow scenes. There was one I had to speed up because I knew exactly how it would end, and what I didn't know wasn't that interesting. This movie can be resumed in a sentence. A woman that claims comes from the future might be telling the truth, the end. There is nothing in between that is worth talking about, nothing stands out. The premise and the idea have been done properly in other movies. This isn't a must watch by any means. Doesn't answer questions, and worse of all, doesn't really leave you with anything. It isn't even interesting.

This film sucks on so many levels. If there is a story it takes so damned long to evolve that you're prone to losing the plot trying to keep tit in your numb brain. The acting is dreadful, except maybe the child, whose daughter is 20 years older than her, wtf? There was no music that I could recall except some excruciating 'song from the future'. A gun is drawn and at last I thought thee might have been some thrill. Wrong, yet another pointless scene. The secret sign made me cringe and reminded me of some childish fantasy, but way too tedious and stupid for a child to make up. The director should take up tiddly winks, might give his life some meaning.

Having seen "Another Earth" and "The East" in which Brit Marling is both the star and a co-author (plus "Arbitrage" where she just has a support part), I wanted to see "Sound Of My Voice" which she co-wrote at the same time as "Another Earth" and again provides her with a leading role. As with "The East", the other co-writer and director is her friend Zal Batmanglij and, as with "Another Earth" and "THe East". she was also a co-producer. Clearly Marling is a bright and ambitious actress who is not going to wait for good roles to be offered to her, but determined to craft them herself."Sound Of My Voice" was always going to have a limited appeal, since it is so incredibly low budget and markedly slow, but I found it original and mesmerising as it tells the story of Maggie who is either a visitor from the future with some important insights and messages or a complete fraud who is creating a dangerous cult. Out to expose her are Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) who want to make a revelatory documentary but find that Maggie is harder to read and to expose than they imagined. It is a pleasure to find a plot that is different and thought-provoking and Marling is definitely a woman to watch.