Movie

Louder Than Bombs

2015 · 109 min

A quiet, emotionally intricate family drama that unfolds with melancholic warmth, inviting you to piece together grief and memory.

Tagline: Break the silence.
Overview: Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's elder son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in — and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, family, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
isolation
memory
identity
Places: big city
home
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild