A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Aronofsky's Noah divided critics sharply between those who saw a genuinely daring, spiritually ambitious blockbuster and those who found it an overreaching mess — and audiences were colder still. The film's wild creative choices are either its greatest strength or its fatal flaw depending on who you ask, and the gap between critical reception and popular reaction is unusually wide.
“a film of grit, grace, and visual wonders that for all its tech-head modernity is built on a spiritual core ... In this flawed, fiercely relevant film, wonders never cease.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Darren Aronofsky brings out wild ambition and thrilling artistry to one of the Old Testament's best-known, most dramatic, least plausible stories—Noah and the Ark—with Russell Crowe infusing the role of God's first seaman and zookeeper with all his surly majesty.”
Richard Corliss·Time
“Aronofsky's worst movie is an epic misfire that, like the source material, offers plenty of lessons even if you don't buy the whole package.”
IndieWire
“Darren Aronofsky's Noah—an epic farrago of tumultuous water, digital battle, and environmentalist rage ... is the craziest big movie in years. Noah may not make much sense, but only an artist could have made it.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
Drama, Adventure
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
Aronofsky's Noah divided critics sharply between those who saw a genuinely daring, spiritually ambitious blockbuster and those who found it an overreaching mess — and audiences were colder still. The film's wild creative choices are either its greatest strength or its fatal flaw depending on who you ask, and the gap between critical reception and popular reaction is unusually wide.
“a film of grit, grace, and visual wonders that for all its tech-head modernity is built on a spiritual core ... In this flawed, fiercely relevant film, wonders never cease.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Darren Aronofsky brings out wild ambition and thrilling artistry to one of the Old Testament's best-known, most dramatic, least plausible stories—Noah and the Ark—with Russell Crowe infusing the role of God's first seaman and zookeeper with all his surly majesty.”
Richard Corliss·Time
“Aronofsky's worst movie is an epic misfire that, like the source material, offers plenty of lessons even if you don't buy the whole package.”
IndieWire
“Darren Aronofsky's Noah—an epic farrago of tumultuous water, digital battle, and environmentalist rage ... is the craziest big movie in years. Noah may not make much sense, but only an artist could have made it.”
David Denby·The New Yorker
Drama, Adventure