The Ultimate Playlist of Noise

4 out of 5 stars.

It is a strong emotional journey about a coming of age story when a young teen has a seizure. To only find out he has a tumor. It can be removed in his brain but it will have complications that will take away his hearing. He decides to plan a road trip and make a playlist of sounds along the way. Which he runs into Wendy (Madeline Brewer) which she is also on the run to new york. They both go together. Making memories and recording sounds.

The plot is good. Cute and emotional. Keean Johnson and Madeline Brewer did a fantastic job with there characters. The idea of losing hearing is tough. The noises of music. Nature. Voices and so much more taken away can be scary. The movie does not into that teen romance cliche. Which is a good thing. But the chemistry of the two characters is sweet and perfecr when they are on screen.

Great cast. Fun direction and music score. The plot is good with an emotional characterization. It is definitely worth checking out.

The beginning of this has some fun High-Fidelity-lite vibes before sinking into teen melodrama for far too long during the road trip section, co-starring a manic pixie dream girl that's more annoying than appealing. While it ended up being more John Green than Nick Hornsby, the last 20 minutes turned it around, making some brave narrative decisions that give it more credibility than it earned through the middle section.

I honestly loved every minute of this movie. The lead actor pulls you in with a sincerity and innocence to his character. You feel everything he feels. If I could purchase this movie I would.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Not only was this film a pleasure to watch visually, but it was also amazing to watch for the audio. Overall, this film made me realize just how much beauty we overlook in the world. This movie poses the question of how things would be without the small pleasures that we hear regularly. This movie was also quite a tearjerker. Be prepared to cry when watching this. If you enjoy artsy films, this might be the film for you. I highly recommend it.

6/10 - this Hulu Original teen romance attempts to follow in the footsteps of several of the past decade's teen movie hits (particularly the John Green film adaptations: The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns), but has some problematic messaging and simply fails to elicit the emotional response it clearly desires