Jonathan Rivers has become a widower, wallowing in deep confusion over the death of his wife. A paranormal expert approaches him with the the ability to hear his wife from beyond the grave. Through a form of unusual communication, Jonathan will finally be able to see his wife. But in doing so, he has drawn himself into a much more dangerous place when his curiosity becomes an obsession. But his obsession will have him confront those not of this world, and some of them don't approve of Jonathan's interference.......If you've ever wanted to spend literally 90 minutes watching Michael Keaton looking depressed, ignoring his son, and staring at snow on several TVs, this is the movie for you.Anyone else, its a generic, boring horror movie, with a sound idea and a decent cast. Sax seems to think that to scare an audience you have to accompany a scare with a very loud noise.It's not scary, it's annoying as you cannot help but jump, like being poked by a cattle prod.Keaton is good, but his role is pretty thankless, and the final scene is just silly.When the direct to DVD sequel is better than the theatrical version, you know you've done something wrong....

I love Michael Keaton and his movies and I like this one. It starts out with a good story and suspenseful atmosphere, but crashes at the end. There are a few key questions that I think should be kept in mind when writing: Who? What? When? Where? How? and WHY? The ending of this movie misses the last question. Why did the three beings do this? Why did three (possibly four) women have to die? Why did the two men who had the EVP labs die? Why did Sarah feel what was happening to John at the end? These questions haunt me every time I finish watching this film. I like the movie, I just regret that I can't love it due to the horrible ending.If you like scary movies at least watch this once. It does have a few scares and the atmosphere and the acting (Especially Keaton's) are all worth it!

White Noise is directed by Geoffrey Sax and written by Niall Johnson. It stars Michael Keaton, Deborah Kara Unger, Chandra West & Ian McNeice. The title of the film relates to Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), which is a apparently a case where voices of the dead can be heard via electronic equipment such as TV static, tape recordings etc. Plot here sees Keaton play successful architect Jonathan Rivers whose world collapses when his beautiful pregnant wife, Anna (West), disappears and is subsequently found dead after an accident at the river. During his grief he is approached by Raymond Price (McNeice) who tells him that after his son died he received contact from him via EVP. Initially sceptic, Jonathan is amazed to find out that it is indeed possible and he becomes obsessed with talking to Anna, but it comes at a cost for once the channel is tuned in, other unwanted beings can come thru too."Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate as to be manipulated by our personality as it survives in the next life--such an instrument ought to record something".Welcome to one of the most frustrating chillers of recent times. Whether one is a believer in the supernatural, life after dead etc is kind of moot because the premise at the heart of white Noise is fascinating regardless of ones beliefs. Tho it's true to say that that those of an open mind are likely to get something more out of its subject matter than those who aren't. Certainly myself had never heard of EVP before the release of White Noise, so in that the film has done its job. However, after a truly brilliant trailer for the film had set it up nicely, and a first half that oozes genuine chills and scientific interest; the film descends into something of a farce by dispensing with the cranial interest value to become a kidnap thriller.After Keaton draws us in by doing a first class job of essaying a meditation on grief, he, and the other two pivotal characters along side him (Unger & McNeice), are too thinly drawn once the subject of EVP raises its static based head. It's very much a case of "oh we have lost someone, this should ease our grief" and jump right into it. Keaton then lurches from one plot contrivance to another which only serves as being a lazy set up for the big finale. Such a shame because the atmosphere was well crafted by Sax up till the last third and there is some effective jolts along the way. But it's muddled with its intentions as the makers looses sight of what, it seems, they set out to achieve. The outcome of which, as the film shifts in tone and the effects take over, doesn't make much sense.It gathered enough of a fan base to warrant a sequel in 2007, where nobody involved behind the camera with this film returned. They quit whilst marginally being ahead one feels. For Keaton and the interesting subject matter this is just about above average. But all told, in light of how it pans out, you'd be better off seeking out Gregory Hoblit's undervalued Frequency (2000) instead. 6/10

White Noise is a movie directed by Geoffrey Sax where an architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) loses his wife Anna Rivers (Chandra West) in a disastrous car accident. Because of this he turns to the dark, frightening world of electronic voice phenomenon (E.V.P.), communication to the dead. But as he begins to examine the mysteries of E.V.P., Jonathan makes an appalling discovery, once the gates to the otherworld is opened, there's no telling what will come through it. He learns this lesson the hard way despite the warnings he got from the many people he met in the movie. (Sax, 2005)I believe the theme of the movie White Noise is, "Don't mess with things you don't understand, no matter what the reason." Jonathan Rivers was so desperate to speak to his wife Anna again despite the warning he got from the psychic he met who told him to stop medaling. He decided ignored her and still did whatever it took to see his wife Anna again. He ended up staring at a fuzzy TV for hours and even ignoring his own kid, but in the end he ended up losing his own life and leaving his kid behind the person who needed him the most now without both parents. He just ended up getting consumed by EVP. (Sax, 2005) An instance where the director uses angles in the movie is at the very end where Jonathan is looking up at the ghost in the warehouse. I think the director Geoffrey Sax was trying to say the ghosts are more powerful than Jonathan and he is in over his head. Also the warehouse was dark which I believed was a representation of danger, meaning that Jonathan needed to stay away from the warehouse and leave things as they are. Living his life with a dead wife and paying more attention to his son. Another thing I believed the director did is connect the rain with the ghost and the static. It seemed like every time it rained someone was trying to speak to a ghost through EVP. (Sax, 2005) I think Michael Keaton did a great job of playing Jonathan River. He did a great job of making the movie seem believable. I believe if a person loss someone close to them and they knew of a way to communicate with them again they might try to talk to them despite warnings if the two people were really close. Love is very powerful and would make a person do things they normally wouldn't do.