"Noah" is director Darren Aronofsky's interpretation of one of the most powerful biblical stories besides the life and death of Christ. Critics and audiences agree the film is moving and powerful.
The film stars Russell Crowe as Noah, Jennifer Connelly as Naameh, Emma Watson as Ila and Logan Lerman as Ham. Check out what reviewers had to say about the film and the trailer below.
Washington Post gives "Noah" 3 out of 4 stars:
"Like interpreters through the millennia, Aronofsky has taken Noah's journey sincerely to heart, processed it through his own singular visual and moral imagination and come up with a narrative that feels deeply personal, broadly mythical and cannily commercial all at the same time. That feels just about right for "Noah," which ultimately invites viewers to form their own meanings, whether they're about sacrifice and obedience, stewardship and service or the enduring entertainment value of an epic adventure that, thousands of years on, still manages to astonish."
Rolling Stone gives the film a 3 out of 4 star rating:
There's enough plot here to fill 40 days and 40 nights of reality TV. But Crowe makes Noah's self-doubt believable and moving. Aronofsky wants us to share the tension Noah feels between blind faith and free choice. And he's reaching millennials on their own digital terms, making images, gloriously shot by Matthew Libatique, into metaphors in the manner of Bible stories. The ark, built to scale on sets in Long Island and Brooklyn, is a primitive and powerful vessel, much like the movie that houses it. It's not just that Noah denies shelter for his fellow humans. In the name of God, he engages in the slaughter of enemies and innocents.
Rotten Tomatoes audience viewers certified the film fresh with 69 percent rating:
"With Noah, the much talked about adaptation of the Bible story, Aranofsky has crafted what is essentially a mythological epic where our familiarity with the story and characters only serve as the intrigue to why we might be interested in what more is going on in this version. There has been much discussion over the content and the liberties Aronofsky has taken with the story from the book of Genesis, but if anything has been added or changed it seems to only serve the purpose of filling in the gaps of the story that the Bible didn't find necessary to go into detail about," one Rotten Tomatoes user wrote.
