I'm still not quite sure how to feel about White Noise. I suspect that the more I see it, the less I'll like it. There are parts that are predictable, but some of it was original. For the most part, I enjoyed the acting. Michael Keaton is good, as always, and both Chandra West (playing Keaton's wife) and Deborah Unger are excellent, and easy on the eyes. The concept of EVP is relatively new within the horror-movie realm, although I wouldn't go so far as to call in novel. The basic premise is that ghosts can talk to people through the white noise that is generated by TV, radio, etc. Not a wholly unbelievable concept, I suppose, if you believe in ghosts.

Michael Keaton plays Jonathan Rivers, a successful architect with an ex-wife, a son, and a fiancé. His wife doesn't come home one night, and is later revealed to have fallen into a river while changing a tire and died. A year later, Rivers is approached by Raymond Price, who claims to be able to talk with Rivers' deceased fiancé. Initially skeptical, his curiosity eventually gets the best of him, and Rivers agrees to see Raymond. Raymond introduces him to EVP, and to Deborah Unger, a woman who has lost her husband. The architect is quickly engrossed, and begins exploring EVP on his own, which quickly leads to . From here it get fairly predictable, although still relatively entertaining.

This movie is worth seeing if you're bored some night, and not sure what to rent from the store.

Starring: Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice

Director: Geoffrey Sax

Released: 2005

Time: 101m / 1 hour and 41 min.