I liked Sound of Metal. It's much better than most disability narratives, and it avoids lots of the tiresome tropes of these films. But this is not a disability narrative. Even the tagline – Music was his world. Then silence revealed a new one. – is too trite. This is a character study, and the real draw here is Riz Ahmed's central performance, which is just flat out brilliant. Ahmed continues to be a sensitive, soulful performer who just excels when given the space. Ruben is a finely wrought character, and he's beautifully, realistically portrayed. Paul Raci, a jobbing actor in Los Angeles who's never quite had a role like this in a film, is also superb as Ruben's sponsor Joe.
Sound of Metal is on Amazon Prime.
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