Caught an early screening of "Noise" last night -- Tim Robbins' new film. It surprised me with its storyline and unpredictable arc. Henry Bean wrote and directed it, he did the forceful "The Believer" a few years back.

Basically, it's about a man who rebels against all the street noise of NYC and becomes a crusader for a quieter city. William Hurt costars as a pompous mayor with a bad dye job.

As someone who lives on a very loud block -- with a very low tolerance for car alarms and sirens and beeping trucks, I related to Robbins' character enormously. (Although I deny ever taking a hammer to a windshield.)

But what I most liked about the film was its originality. I really had no idea where the character or the plot were heading. And today, when films such as the formulaic "Made of Honor" are churned out and sold to us as escapist fantasy that's a real treat!

Jeffrey and I will review this film in detail next week on Reel Talk.