Peter and Lorna, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie. Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie's underworld.
Reviews
Empire Magazine
David Hughes
“ Although it sometimes has the feel of a short film stretched to feature length and lacks the sense of jeopardy that might have made for a more thrilling third act, only minor gripes are to be had. Sound Of My Voice is a wholly impressive piece of work, proving that Another Earth was no fluke for Marling and announcing Batmanglij as a director to watch in the future — assuming, of course, that we have one.”
30/07/2012
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The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
“Is Maggie a Manson, a Madonna or perhaps something else entirely? That’s the question that the director Zal Batmanglij and Ms. Marling, who together wrote the script, keep teasingly open. Peter and Lorna are adamant that they already know the truth, at least before Maggie starts boring into their heads (much as the filmmakers try to do with us). Peter is particularly zealous, confusing belief with knowledge. Whether he can actually see what’s happening, inside the basement and out, plays into the movie’s ideas about the push-pull between reality and the world of appearances. In a nice touch, Peter makes a living as a schoolteacher, which suggests he isn’t exactly an innocent when it comes to indoctrination.”
26/04/2012
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Total Film
Rob James
“The bottom line is that it’s Marling’s hypnotic performance that keeps the story cogs spinning, with Maggie drifting between an air of serene fragility and something far more ominous.”
24/07/2012
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The Observer
Philip French
“The setting up is better than the working out, and a third act is desperately lacking.”
05/08/2012
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Time Out
Cath Clarke
“Is Maggie a messiah or a fraud? Marling plays it brilliantly – keeping us guessing till the end: at times she’s as harmless as a yoga teacher; at others she shows the charismatic self-conviction and menace of Charles Manson. ”
01/08/2012
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The Times
Kevin Maher
“completely wobbly in the last act. ”
03/08/2012
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
“The film is deadly serious in its way, yet it keeps picking up weird comic vibrations from the creepiness. The conspiratorial handshake – a superMasonic, you might call it – doesn't get any less absurd, while Maggie's testing of her followers' gag reflex with "live" food starts to resemble a gameshow – "I'm a Cult Member, Get Me Out of Here". This time I did laugh, when one of the more squeamish takes a look at what Maggie wants them to eat and says, "I'm vegan." ”
03/08/2012
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The Scotsman
Alistair Harkness
“Much like she did with Another Earth, up-and-coming American actor Brit Marling writes herself another intriguing leading role in yet another high-concept indie movie that bites off more than it can chew. ”
02/08/2012
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“Some nice twists promise us an old-fashioned, well-made thriller. Infuriatingly, however, it doesn't arrive, and a plot strand remains untied; we are left feeling this residual mood of vague ambiguity and disquiet is supposed to make up for it.”
02/08/2012
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