
An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.... (Full plot summary below)
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An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house - forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.
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| NewcityRay PrideTrier's style, allusive as literature, elusive as lyrical cinema, accomplished with a regular crew of collaborators [is] virtuosic but intentionally, intrinsically ragged . |
| Film Comment MagazineYonca TaluThere is beauty to be found in this solemn tribute, but such dignified souls deserve deeper exploration. |
| PopMattersAlex RamonThe movie stirs all sorts of personal feelings, and the mixture of plainness and flourish in its aesthetic creates a fresh, resonant and absorbing family portrait. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA note-perfect exploration of death and life and loss. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSometimes its meandering approach can feel a bit more detached than in Trier’s best work, but this is ultimately a delicate, complex film that lingers, unpacking itself in your mind. You remember it in the same kind of fragmented images that haunt its characters. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikThe screenplay by [director Joachim] Trier and Eskil Vogt isn't seeking objective answers, because it possesses the wisdom to know that all of this is subjective. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasWhat could be a more tired cliche for an indie drama than a family struggling to grieve the loss of a parent? And yet you'd think Joachim Trier's "Louder than Bombs" was the first film to ever explore this emotional territory. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAlong with his regular co-writer Eskil Vogt, Trier has crafted a profoundly beautiful and strange meditation on secrets, lies, dreams, memories and misunderstanding. |
| 4:3Jaymes DuranteLouder Than Bombs feels at times so heavily burdened by its own sense of self-seriousness that it ultimately comes off as paper-thin. |
| El Pais (Spain)Javier OcañaTrier, again, leaves you crippled and comforted, and end just opening a gap in your own thinking, in your convictions and even in your stomach. [Full review in Spanish] |