It?s hard to say whether Sound of My Voice is a wholly bogus and pretentious indie enterprise or a weirdly compelling bit of low-budget storytelling. Probably it?s a little of both ? this is the kind of picture that may often make you snort audibly, even as you?re wondering how the heck it?s going to resolve itself. And ultimately, even if the payoff isn?t quite what it should be, the picture leaves a faint chill in its wake. You probably won?t feel totally shafted for sticking with it ? maybe just a little punk?d.
Snuggly couple Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) have set out to make a documentary about cults, hoping to infiltrate one mysterious group in particular. The gang?s meeting place is a top-secret basement location; the faithful are ferried to and fro in a van, but they?re not allowed to see where they?re going. Once the loyal subjects have gathered, decked out in aggressively peaceful looking white yoga clothes, a mysterious creature appears in their midst. Her name is Maggie -- she?s played by indie darling Brit Marling, who also co-wrote the script ? and she greets her followers while hooked up to an oxygen supply. You see, Maggie is a refugee from the future ? 2054, to be exact ? and she?s come back to show the human beings she loves how to prepare for what lies ahead. To do this, she wears white leggings and swaths her long blond tresses in a white scarf. Because she?s allergic to modern food, she grows her own fruit in the basement. Also, she?s wearing massively chipped dark nail polish, the kind of WTF touch that makes you stop and wonder ? WTF?
Actually, Sound of My Voice relies heavily on just that…
Alicia Keys Alicia Witt Amanda Bynes Amanda Detmer Amanda Marcum Amanda Peet Amanda Righetti Amanda Swisten
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