Anyone check this out? Story of a addict metal drummer played by Riz Ahmed who suddenly loses his hearing and copes with the life changes and struggles of being deaf.

I watched it the other day and really liked it. It's a slow burn type watch but it's pretty good. It does a really good job of putting the viewer in the deaf world. Riz Ahmed was really good and nails his part.

Overall a good solid watch that I recommend

I see what you did there.

Yeah there's maybe 1-2 mins of actual music being played.

I did notice during the credits that Ahmed was credited with performing the songs so I'm assuming he did actually play the drums. I thought that was impressive.

And yeah this isn't a movie about metal. It's about his journey post hearing loss and how he copes. Reminded me a lot of The Wrestler.

Again the best part of it was their ability to put you in the shoes of a deaf man. Multiple times I found myself thinking...Man that's rough and it really sucks.

mazag08 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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The metal/music part has virtually zero to do with the overall theme of the movie. More or less just sets the stage that allows for the character study of an adult coping with going deaf, adjusting, etc. So if that's the main pull for you to watch...don't.

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Sounds awful

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My wife and I watched if a few weeks back and thought if was really well done. We did not have closed captioning turned on and didn't feel like it needed it.