0.5/4  Ludicrous Hullabulloo
White Noise is a “movie” about an architect (Michael Keaton) whose wife mysteriously disappears and he begins to think she might be trying to talk to him through the static on the television. Yeah, that’s a normal reaction. The convolute... (read full)

5/5 Eeeerie, Spoookyy Fun!
  by Lost Soul Critic (Charleston WV)
'White Noise' is one of the more enjoyable movies about the preposterous notion of communicating with the dead that I've ever seen. I'm not a Michael Keaton fan (I don't dislike him either), so I almost passed this movie over. Wow! Am I glad I didn't. This film is gripping from the start. Keaton's performance is beyond what I knew he was capable of. Setting aside the eeriness of the movie, one is intrigued by the interaction of the characters. There's a lesson to be learned here too. Don't let the life you have pass you by while trying to hold on to what is no longer there. Keaton's character becomes so engrossed with attempting to communicate with a dead loved one, that he neglects the living people that are still there in his life. And who still need him to be there for them. As for the HD version of this film, it's stunning. The standard was very well done and I didn't expect to see much difference in picture quality. Although some people smirk at the demise of HD DVD, they need to understand something important. If it weren't for HD DVD, Blue-Ray would have not been invented. Don't believe me? Read the history of the formats. But it's all good I have a Blue-Ray player too. For instance HD DVD has always used VC-1 as it's encoding. Blue-Ray started out still using versions of MPEG. Most Blue-Ray movies now use VC-1 or equivalent, but; would they have had it not been the standard set first by their competitor? I feel that any movie which uses special effects benefits greatly from any type of Higher Definition discs. And 'White Noise' definitely does. If it is a movie you'll be watching repeatedly, and showing to others. Then, it's worth buying in either one of the Hi-Def formats.

5/5 A great purchase.
  by Movie Man (Texas)
This movie was delivered as advertised, on time and in perfect condition. Will use this Amazon supplier again.

2/5 HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT, UNSKILLED PRODUCTION
  by drkhimxz (Freehold, NJ, USA)
Michael Keaton is wasted in an incoherent film whose only interest was bypassed in the pursuit of excitement which never materialized. The only interest was the dilemma of a child whose mother has died and who then has to confront an obsessive delusional father. Even if one cares to accept, as I am willing to do, the theatrical convention that communication between the dead and the living is possible when a scriptwriter finds it necessary for the plot, the lack of any firm backbone to the film pays few returns for suspension of disbelief. It is never quite clear, granted that the grieving husband, Keaton, would be susceptible to what he otherwise would consider irrational, why a fuzzy image on a computer monitor and an indistinct vocalization would be so convincing.
Enough said. Unless you are a devoted historian of ghost stories whatever may be their quality, or simply an obsessive fan who must see everything in the genre so as to avoid the sensation that you might have missed the really good one, I should give this one a pass in favor of watching once again one of your old favorites.

4/5 Better than the 2nd movie
  by Larry Abney
The reason i like this movie better than "White Noise 2" is pretty much because it showed the 3 shadow figures and actually had a main antagonist in the movie. Shows how the EVP works and just seems to have a better story than the 2nd one which shows more of dead people. The 2nd movie i think had a little bit better acting, but didnt really have a main "bad guy" in the movie unless you count the Devil himself who was not shown in the movie but more than maybe 5 min. as a ghostly orb close to the end of the movie. I liked the story of this 1st one better and i thought it was really good.

5/5 Enjoyable and informative
  by Tina (Georgia)
I found this DVD to be very enjoyable. It kept my attention during the entire movie. I also enjoyed the documentaries included which told about what EVP and white noise are and was able to hear real EVP's. I especially liked the 2nd one that showed a couple taking EVP's at an haunted house. I give this movie 5 stars!!!