Listening
2014 · Movie · NR · 100 min · ★ 5.6 · 26% critics
A group of cash-strapped researchers develop a device that can tap into human thoughts, hoping it will fix their personal and professional struggles. As the experiment starts working, it draws dangerous attention and raises unsettling questions about privacy, control, and what happens when there’s no place left to hide your mind.
Also known as Brainstorm
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2015-09-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 26/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (87 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, idea-driven sci-fi thriller about mind-reading tech and surveillance, in the vein of Minority Report; not for you if you need subtle drama, polished performances, or slow-burn pacing.
Pros: original sci-fi concept; fast-moving thrills; big moral questions | Cons: uneven acting; melodramatic late stretch; ending feels unlikely
Themes
- mind control
- friendship
- government
- experiment
- hacker
- computer program
- technology
- telepathy
- secret lab
- invention
- evil corporation
- mind reading
- +8 more
Cast & crew
Thomas Stroppel
as David Thorogood
Artie Ahr
as Ryan Cates
Amber Marie Bollinger
as Jordan
- CH
Christine Haeberman
as Melanie
Steve Hanks
as Matthews
Buddy Daniels Friedman
as Suspicious Man
Directed by Khalil Sullins