White Noise (2005)

It’s never fun to see one of your favorite actors star in a horrible movie and phone in their scenes, but that is exactly what Michael Keaton admitted doing when in the 2005 film “White Noise”…and I don’t blame him. There was very little that he could have done to save this movie; the script was weak and the first time director chose to use some very odd and annoying camera shots throughout the film. Sadly, most of the movie is just Michael Keaton standing or sitting next to a radio or TV and listening to the static. The focus of the movie is contacting the dead via EVP and while this technique is used in many ghost hunter style movies, in “White Noise” it’s not enough to keep the viewer interested. 

Jonathan is successful architect who is happily married to a successful writer named Anna. One day Anna goes missing and it is assumed that she might have died while she was changing a flat tire. Eventually her body is found and the cause of death was by drowning. Jonathan is approached by Richard who claims that he has recordings of Anna that were made after she died. Jonathan’s grief and curiosity win over his common sense and he visits Richard to see what he can offer. Richard has a large set-up of electronic equipment that he uses for EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) purposes and shares a recording of Anna’s voice with Jonathan. Jonathan becomes an instant believer and becomes obsessed with trying to contact Anna’s spirit. He ends up attracting the attention of three evil spirits who begin to interfere with Jonathan’s life. Jonathan discovers that he can also catch glimpses of people who are still alive and area about to die, so he does what he can to save them. People die, the three evil ghosts possess people, and Jonathan makes the ultimate sacrifice at the end.