Star Wars' Adam Driver gets Rotten Tomatoes score for new movie White Noise

It's a mixed bag for the Netflix film.

By Brenna Cooper

30 Dec 2022

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Adam Driver's latest film White Noise has received its Rotten Tomatoes score, following its release on Netflix.

An adaption of Don DeLillo's 1985 novel of the same name, the Noah Baumbach-directed film also stars Greta Gerwig and follows an American family as they navigate their mundane day-to-day life in a town which is dealing with a chemical waste accident.

At the time of writing (December 30), White Noise has a 63% score on Rotten Tomatoes after 185 reviews, meaning it is rated Fresh — with an audience score of 55%.

Here is a sample of what the critics are saying:

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ABC News

"Noah Baumbach honors Don DeLillo’s virtuoso novel about the comic-absurdist chaos of consumerism with too cautious respect. The result is his most constricted film, which only breaks free when costars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig fly on their own wings."

Empire Magazine

"A strange brew. While the family dynamics and capitalist satire work a little better than the outlandish spectacle, White Noise at least appears to herald an ambitious new phase in Noah Baumbach’s career."

Arizona Republic

"DeLillo’s novel is a singular work. But Baumbach’s “White Noise” is worthwhile in its own way."

However not all of the reviews were positive:

CNN

"Baumbach’s pandemic-inspired undertones resonate on that level, but it’s played in such stilted fashion as to make White Noise pretty easy to tune out."

The Ringer

"Don DeLillo’s postmodern classic has long been regarded as impossible to adapt. Noah Baumbach’s attempt for Netflix does nothing to change that."

Movie Mom

"Driver and Gerwig both give excellent performances but they are too sincere and accessible for this brittle material."

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In its four-star review of the film, Digital Spy wrote: "How much you like White Noise will depend on your willingness to succumb to the strictures of its storytelling world.

"But those who do allow themselves to be transported into this celluloid thought experiment will come out with plenty to talk about, and a sense that you've seen something remarkable, even if it didn't always jive."

White Noise is now available on Netflix.