Review of The Voices (2014) by Sidd M — 27 May 2015

The Voices is a dark comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendricks. It is directed by Marjane Satrapi and is written by Michael R. Perry.

The Voices is about a schizophrenic man, Jerry(Ryan Reynolds), who constantly hears voices, sometimes from animals and sometimes from inanimate objects like socks. He currently works at a bathtub factory and loves his life. All is well until he falls head over heels in love with a co-worker, Fiona(Gemma Arterton). And that is precisely where things go insanely funny, sad, exciting and most prominent of all enthralling.

Lead by a stellar, award worthy performance, by Ryan Reynolds this movie amazed me. Before hand I believed Reynolds was a novelty actor and I hope with this movie he pushes himself for the gold(Oscar). Equally good if not better was the writing. Since the whole movie surrounds a schizophrenics activities with his "voices," it was crucial that these small conversations with a cat or with a dog be entertaining and God be my witness they were. It is practically how amazingly funny some of these scenes are.

With that said there is a certain depth this movie offers that is extraordinary. The way this film handles heavy and depressing topics is masterful without becoming pretentious. This Movie truly doesn't abuse the disease to add depth, its writing and direction adds this depth.

Before I give my final rating I just wanted to state this is a dark and morbid comedy so if you don't like these American Psycho kinds of movies you're going to hate this. But anyway it gets an A+ or a 10/10.