Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Play trailer Poster for Till Human Voices Wake Us R 2003 1h 41m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
24% Tomatometer 71 Reviews 65% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Still haunted by the disappearance and death of the girl he loved as a teen, university professor Sam (Guy Pearce) meets a woman, Ruby (Helena Bonham Carter), on a train, and they hit it off. But Ruby disappears when Sam is distracted. Later that same night, he spots her falling from a bridge into a lake. He rescues her, but Ruby doesn't remember who she is. Slowly, she starts to feel oddly comfortable with Sam, and he begins to believe that she may be the reincarnation of his dead love.

Where to Watch

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Till Human Voices Wake Us

What to Know

Critics Consensus

What is meant to be dreamy and romantic instead comes off as sluggish and dull.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
3/5
Sometimes engaging, sometimes clunky. Go to Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 04/18/2003
2/4
There's not quite enough mystery here, and no amount of pretty pastoral settings can make up for that. Go to Full Review Janice Page Boston Globe 04/04/2003
2/4
Despite being well acted and sweetly moving when it strips down to the tender poem at its heart, Till Human Voices Wake Us spends too much time playing to an otherworldly suspense that simply isn't there. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
1/5
Tony Medley tonymedley.com 10/07/2004
9/10
Matt Kelemen Las Vegas CityLife 04/21/2004
Petroni may have chosen to move the plot along at a snail's pace to reflect the mood of Prufrock's poem, but there isn't enough lyricism in the film to save the story. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
jwcdood T @jwcdood 11/02/2024 TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US isn't an action flick. It's got quite a bit more depth. The collegiate snob critics missed the point entirely. See more colin m @RT35044827 01/23/2023 Slow development. Weak plot. See more 06/09/2019 Loved the story of young love, but the present day story was slow with missing pieces. It was beautiful and promising at first, but got lost along the way. See more 01/25/2019 It's weird how critics gave this 25% rating. This 2019 and after 16 years this movie still watched and remembered. See more 10/30/2018 A film that, despite some flaws in the beginning with the child actors being on a lesser extent than the adults, manages to make you cry with its never ending captivity thanks to its two leads. See more 10/15/2014 There are things that happen to an unfortunate few people that are so painful, so full of guilt, that recovering from it seems nearly impossible...A dream taking over a life--A very subdued, yet immensely stirring and provocative film, cutting to the depth of human emotion... The Perfect Elegiac Dream that is Surprisingly Haunting!! See more Read all reviews
Till Human Voices Wake Us

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Michael Petroni

Director

Guy Pearce

Sam Franks

Helena Bonham Carter

Ruby

Frank Gallacher

Maurie Lewis

Lindley Joyner

Young Sam Franks

Brooke Harman

Silvy Lewis

More Like This

View All
Closer 67% 81% Closer Watchlist 16 Years of Alcohol 80% 68% 16 Years of Alcohol Watchlist Laurel Canyon 68% 52% Laurel Canyon Watchlist Emile 55% 60% Emile Watchlist November 31% 41% November Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Till Human Voices Wake Us

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Still haunted by the disappearance and death of the girl he loved as a teen, university professor Sam (Guy Pearce) meets a woman, Ruby (Helena Bonham Carter), on a train, and they hit it off. But Ruby disappears when Sam is distracted. Later that same night, he spots her falling from a bridge into a lake. He rescues her, but Ruby doesn't remember who she is. Slowly, she starts to feel oddly comfortable with Sam, and he begins to believe that she may be the reincarnation of his dead love.
Director
Michael Petroni
Producer
Thomas Augsberger, Matthias Emcke
Screenwriter
Michael Petroni
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Instinct Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 12, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$120.1K
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
Most Popular at Home Now