Soundproof (TV Movie 2006)

Soundproof (TV Movie 2006). 1h 30m

“Perhaps wrongly marketed as a u0026#39;groundbreakingu0026#39; film – due to the number of deaf, as well as hearing actors – this really should appeal to anyone. There are some subtitles, but I didnu0026#39;t find this to be a problem. If it had simply been released as a mainstream movie I doubt the u0026#39;deafu0026#39; factor would come into it. Anyway, I enjoyed it. There are two very well-known British actors – Susan Lynch u0026amp; Neil Stuke – both excellent. Lynch is much under-rated in my book. Joseph Mawle gives an outstanding performance in the lead role as the accused deaf lodger.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story is interesting without being over-complex, and the rapport between the characters is good. Thereu0026#39;s a real sense of the desperation that must be felt when accused of a crime by a society that seems to make little effort to understand you. How to make yourself heard? I think the u0026#39;whodunnitu0026#39; factor is a little too transparent for hardened mystery buffs, but it manages to capture nicely the rather bleak, seedy British urban lifestyle. Not exactly gritty, but still realistic.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t think this is a cinema-release movie, but if you get a chance to see it, give it a go. You may be pleasantly surprised.”