Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: The conviction with which Riz Ahmed plays the drums and uses American Sign Language belies the fact that he had to learn both in order to play the role.
Sound Of Metal: Riz Ahmed in a still from the film. (courtesy: rizahmed)
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chris Perfetti
Director: Darius Marder
Rating: Four stars ( out of 5)
A self-sustaining bubble made up of sound and its reverberations contains the entire world of heavy metal drummer Ruben Stone, fleshed out absolutely brilliantly by Riz Ahmed. All of a sudden, all that remains is the bubble. Sound goes out of the percussionist's life. He begins to lose his hearing. Stillness threatens to engulf him. And thereby begin the struggles of the newly-deaf protagonist of the marvellously well chiselled