Russell Crowe

Jennifer Connelly

Ray Winstone

Anthony Hopkins

Emma Watson

Logan Lerman

Douglas Booth

Nick Nolte

Mark Margolis

Kevin Durand

Leo McHugh Carroll

Marton Csokas

Finn Wittrock

Madison Davenport

Gavin Casalegno

Nolan Gross

Skylar Burke

Dakota Goyo

Ariane Rinehart

Adam M. Griffith

Don Harvey

Sami Gayle

Sophie Nyweide

Ezra Barnes

Nurit Monacelli

Barry Sloane

Arna Magnea Danks

Vera Fried

Thor Kjartansson

Gregg Bello

Mellie Maissa Rei Campos

Oliver Lee Saunders

Frank Langella

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

Arnar Dan

Rick Bolander

Joe Barlam

Joseph Basile

Gabriel F. Bellotti

Anne Bergstedt Jordanova

Andres Bjornsson

Jean Burns

Lucas McHugh Carroll

Adam Celentano

Ludovic Coutaud

Angela Dee

Jeff El Eini

Joe Fionda

Jim Ford

Bradley Growden

Tommi Thor Gudmundsson

Jonathan Haltiwanger

Eythor Atli Hilmarsson

David Itchkawitz

Chris Kapcia

Shana Kaplan

Danielle Kay

Austin Kennedy

Chris Kepford

Bjarni Kristjánsson

Anna Kuchma

Kirk Larsen

Jerry Lobrow

David Madison

Raymond Mamrak

Branden Marlowe

Davy J. Marr

Brian Matthews

Mara McCann

Kevin Medina

Lauren Meley

Jon Michael

Róisín Monaghan

Julian Murdoch

Paul Nandzik

Hayden Oliver

Simon Pearl

Joseph Piazza

Max Abe Plush

Marek Radin

Greg Sammis

Giovanni Sanseviero

Rob Scebelo

Sarah Schoofs

George Schroeder

Max Kolby

Maria Shamkalian

David Shannon

McKenzie Shea

Christian Paul Sherwood

Lawrence Smith

Stephen Stanton

Thomas W. Stewart

Boriana Williams

Ray Zupp

Sandy Hamilton

Clint Mansell

Michael Wilkinson

Scott Franklin

Mark Friedberg

Darren Aronofsky

Mary Parent

Lindsay Graham Ahanonu

Mary Vernieu

Andrew Weisblum

Matthew Libatique

Debra Schutt

Chris Brigham

Ari Handel

Douglas Crosby

Neville Page

G.A. Aguilar

Sandra Steinþórsdóttir

Timothy Blockburger

Woodrow Travers

Travis Rehwaldt

Davíð Óskar Ólafsson

Richard Graves

Michele Ziegler

Xanthus Valan

Amy Lauritsen

Nick Miller

Rachel Nemec

Lori A. Balton

Shayna Brown

Dominick Tavella

Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Merav Elbaz Belschner

John Finklea

Ragnar P. Pétursson

Atli Geir Grétarsson

Deborah Jensen

Rebecca Perrenod

Nicholas DiBlasio

Nikki Black

Coll Anderson

Suzanne Smith Crowley

Eric Lewis Beauzay

William Lance

Stephen Morahan

Kyle Cooper

Colin Brantley

Gabriela Stanciu

Douglas Poland

Elizabeth Himelstein

Jessica Lichtner

Chris Moseley

Hannah Davis

Craig Henighan

Alex DiGerlando

Aaron McBride

Judy Chin

Kathryn C. McGinnis

Margrét Einarsdóttir

James Fanning

Abe Costanza

Anguibe Guindo

Trenton Dallas

Tyson Bidner

Jerome Butler

Harrison Meyle

Nicole Greenbaum

Monika Darby

Arnon Milchan

Kirsty McGregor

James P. Schramm

Robert Barnett

Steve Baine

Donna Maloney

Satoshi Kon

George Chavez

Aja Frary

Aaron Vexler

Ugla Hauksdóttir

Yan Zou

Brian N. Bentley

Kayla Franklin

Peter Epstein

Tim Rigby

Jodi Michelle Pynn

Jeff Kryvicky

Dan Webster

David Greene

Gwyneth E. Larsen

Troy Gilbert

Declan Mulvey

Tina McKissick

Philippe Rebours

Chris Cenatiempo

John Walker

Ben O'Brien

Drama

Adventure

Noah

Paramount Pictures

Regency Enterprises

Protozoa Pictures

United States of America

Per Gunnar Jonsson

Let me make it clear from the beginning, I do not care if a movie like this is 100% true to the bible and I could not care less about the creationist fanatics moaning about how this and that movie is telling the wrong story or is distorting their religion. But this attempt to re-tell the story is just bad.

The first half of the movie is not all bad. It is actually somewhat enjoyable. The dark scenery is sometimes depressing and beautiful at the same time. I did like the watchers. It added a bit of extra to the movie and the fight when Tubal-Cain tried to capture the ark was not bad at all.

However, then it went downhill quickly with Noah going more and more nuts and Tubal-Cain, having survived, is subverting Noah’s son Ham. Not that Noah did not really bring that upon himself to some extent though. The parts where Noah want to kill his grandchildren and stops in the last minute is just Hollywood soap-opera bullshit. Also, do not get me started about the ridiculous scene where Anthony Hopkins goes berry hunting like some mental retard.

Up until about half the movie I did not really understand all the very negative reviews but after having watched through the miserable last half I have to say that I do understand them more. I think the one-star ones are a bit harsh since the movie is often quite beautiful and the acting, despite the crappy script, is quite good, but the lousy script is just destroying the movie.

Definitely a disappointment.

Grant English

This is a hard movie to watch and rate.

The Good:  The images of the flood coming from both above and below the earth were spectacular. The trauma that Noah deals with during the flood and post-flood is beautifully depicted.  I loved the image of Noah realizing that the ‘sickness’ is in him as well as the others. The story-telling of creation to fall to the flood was beautifully done. I also liked the tension of Noah and the family on the ark as they wrestle with the possibility that the Creator has forgotten them. 

So with all that good, what ruins the movie?

I do think a director/writer has an obligation to the source material.  Subtract the religious aspect of this movie and imagine the outrage if someone changed the story of Harry Potter or Thor.  (Oh wait…they are doing that.)  

Point is: if you have source material, use it.  Go ahead and be creative when there are blanks to fill in but why have source material if you're not going to use it?  The director did merge two ancient flood stories – the Bible and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.  In the end – neither tradition gets a clear telling of their story.

Other issues?  The role of Methusala was a complete waste of the talented Anthony Hopkins.  And I still have no idea as to why he was even in the film.

The conclusion felt hollow and rushed.  Noah at the beginning of the film leads an isolationist lifestyle focused on raising his children to be good stewards of the earth.  How is this different at the end of the film?  It's not.  Their understanding of life, the Creator, the world isn't any different than the beginning.  There really isn't a pay off to the story...at all.

It's just an average film and I expected more with this cast.