By Kit-Kat

Learning about the movie during its production stages sparked a mild interest to me. After all, who has not lost a loved one and wished for some form of communication with them? I've always found Michael Keaton to be an excellent actor, and had planned on seeing this in the theatre when it was released.

That day never came. Busy lifestyle aside, I had read the reviews flooding the net upon its release and was disappointed by them. Overall majority of reviews found the movie to be slow paced, predictable and just not worth Keaton's performance. Now normally I do not pay attention to the reviews and prefer to decide for myself however, this time around I did, and as usual I was wrong in allowing the media reviews to sway myself from finding some free time.

White Noise is slow on the take off, and it does give predictability to coming events up to a certain point. I found myself wishing it would pick up the pace a bit or have more gripping moments yet, it piqued my interest and drew me in albeit grudgingly. The story centers on Keaton's character, Jonathan Rivers and his wife Anna's (Chandra West) strange death. It's not until the appearance of EVP medium Ray Price (Ian McNeice) and Jonathan's meeting with EVP believer Sarah (Deborah Kara Unger) that the movie picks up the pace enough to suit me.

The sequence of events that followed after the meeting of Mr. Price and Sarah was not predictable to me, and I wondered how the media could make such a blanket statement. It was still a bit slow for my taste but, I was impressed that the movie could (and did) shock me at several points. I have to admit I replayed the ending several times just to assure myself I was seeing what I thought I was seeing!

The bonus features for the DVD are superb. I always like to see deleted scenes, and as with the case of White Noise I wondered why on earth they cut out some of the scenes that would've made more of an emotional impact during the drag points of the story. The EVP extras from the experts, and the actual EVP sessions were extremely interesting to me, like many I never heard of this EVP and while I still hold to my skeptic nature and will not be rushing out to by a tape recorder any time soon, it certainly is something intriguing to learn more about.

If the basic premise of the movie appeals to you, I strongly recommend watching it, you won't be disappointed. However, if you're looking for a fast paced psychological thriller you may want to let this one stay on the shelf.