Movie Title : Louder Than A Bomb
Release Date : May 18, 2011 Limited Genre Movie :Documentary,Special Interest
Mpaa Rating : Unrated
Actors :Elisabeth Graf,James Sloan,Nova Venerable,Rocco Bulmer,Alicia Davis,Keenan Smith,Tabitha Watson,Peter Kahn,Christina Santana,Adam Gottlieb,Amaya Dimyen,Elisha Miles,Jessie Welch,Ebikepreye Porri,Nate Marshall,Hannah Bernard,Gabriella Bonamici,Will Grucza,Diana Rosen,Jamal Sadrud-DinLouder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the turbulent lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. Louder Than a Bomb is not about "high school poetry" as we often think of it. It's about language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance. While the topics they tackle are often deeply personal, what they put into their poems-and what they get out of them-is universal: the defining work of finding one's voice. -- (C) Official Site
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"Louder Than a Bomb" has a lot in common with such documentaries as "Spellbound" and "Mad Hot Ballroom": charismatic, if obsessed, kids and nail-biting suspense.
Michael O'Sullivan-Washington Post Think of it as "Glee'' without music. Without a net, too.
Ty Burr-Boston Globe Having a bad day? Then get yourself to Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel's life-affirming documentary, immediately.
Elizabeth Weitzman-New York Daily News The sheer breadth of talent is so astonishing, and the rhymes so clearly from the heart, that our spirits are inevitably lifted.
Keith Uhlich-Time Out New York Who says poetry has to be dull?
V.A. Musetto-New York Post The efforts to document the teams' creative processes aren't particularly successful - no camera can capture something that elusive - but the filmmakers do a fine job with the back stories of the featured poets.
Neil Genzlinger-New York Times Poetry-as-savior may be eye-rolling. Their talent, however, is not.
Tricia Olszewski-Washington City Paper The kids whom Jacobs and Siskel have chosen for us to watch are so enthralling, with such remarkable life stories, that their autobiographical poems have actual power.
Gerald Peary-Boston Phoenix An emotionally-evocative poetry slam blasting the King's English to smithereens leaving Ebonics as the last language standing!
Kam Williams-NewsBlaze It should hit home with anyone whose experience of adolescence involved creativity, intellectual exploration, and getting to know and love people outside their immediate social circles.
Noel Murray-AV Club It's about changing young lives, on giving them a taste for learning and a facility with language. In this post-literate era, how can you not cheer something like that?
Marshall Fine-Hollywood & Fine You can't help being uplifted by kids, trying to honestly express themselves through this unique medium.
Neil Rosen-NY1-TV Teen doggerel is celebrated in this documentary about a Chicago poetry slam in which competition runs as high as on any basketball court.
David Noh-Film Journal International [M]ore focus on showy slam than ...writing poetry. How the best performers-and the best young poets-dig down deep and polish their work, finally makes this a satisfying film.
Nora Lee Mandel-Film-Forward.com These kids are brilliant, charming wordsmiths.
Matt Singer-IFC.com The filmmakers showcase an art form diverse enough to include a panoply of styles and methods.
Andrew Schenker-Slant Magazine A documentary about the competition between inner city and suburban high school poetry teams to win Chicago's 'Louder Than A Bomb' teen poetry rave. The teens hone their rhyming skills and styles until they're nothing less than terrific.
Jennifer Merin-About.com What 2002's hit Spellbound did for spelling bees, this inspiring documentary does doubly well for high school spoken-word poetry slams.
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By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, Louder Than a Bomb follows the fortunes of four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the worldâs largest youth slam.
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