Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

A man focuses on the audio of his surroundings, which is for him a way to deal with a (audio related) trauma, which inevitably must reveal itself to him. At some point he remembers what he had been trying to forget, the killer inside him breaks loose and he kills his wife. That's about all I could figure out about it.Again (after 'The Machinist') Anderson deals with the human psyche and how it can fool itself and others up to a morbid point. There is a lot a psychological 'messing about', combined with classic thriller elements reminiscent of Hitchcock. The problem here is that it is somewhat overdone; at some point you get the gist of it and it is time to move along. At the same time the story isn't as gripping as the one in 'The Machinist' - even if the premise is just as, or even more loaded.And then, Chris Bauer is no Christian Bale; even if he did play an excellent role in the more down to earth drama of 'The Wire' - a lead role is still a different thing. The TV-movie look and feel of it don't help either.5 out of 10.

Ugh! I don't know WHAT the reviews below are talking about. I can sum up SOUNDS LIKE in two words. Dull and irritating. There are no likable characters at all minus one friendly homophobic coworker. The main character is a prick through out, his wife is even more irritating than the sounds and you have no sympathy for any given character. I wanted to bash my face on sharp spikes. That said the last two minuts or so almost make it watchable. in particular a scene where a decomposing body is discovered with maggots munching and sqirming on the eye balls of said corpse. I was hoping for a psychological creepshow that would get under my skin....and.... That it did.... But in the compleat wrong way!

As a parent, this episode made me sad. I couldn't help but feel for the parents who lost their son at such a young age, and to watch each of them fall apart in different ways was fascinating, especially since (I personally) would expect their reactions to be switched. I truly felt bad for the father, and I understood where he was coming from, feeling so isolated, with no one understanding. I didn't find it horrifying at all, but that's a good thing--it was still an excellent story. I got a sense of respect from the makers of the film for the original story, like they wanted to give a proper representation of it and not exploit it simply because it's being shown on a "horror series". Not having read the original story, I hope they did.

Brad Anderson is such an unconventional genre director that the categorization itself feels somewhat off (he started his career writing and directing romantic comedies, after all); that's not to say he hasn't brought a reputable eye to horror, with the mind-twisting "Machinist" and especially "Session 9" (one of the best horror sleepers of the past decade). Refreshingly (and somewhat predictably), Anderson uses the "Masters of Horror" format to tell a tale as intimately character-based as his previous works, while keeping the emphasis on a sense of unease as opposed to excessive gore. 'Sounds Like' is the story of Larry Pearce (Chris Bauer--"8MM"), a call monitor at a software company who develops super-sensitive hearing following the loss of his son; his wallow in grief is punctuated by an escalating madness that culminates in murder and, finally, silence. While the film is technically well done, with superb sound-effects editing (I particularly liked the small-arms fire of a sudden downpour against a windshield), I found myself intrigued yet detached from Larry and his predicament--aside from an early monologue and a few flashbacks, the characters aren't given enough background detail. Despite this, Anderson creates several great setpieces (including an ironic twist to Larry's refuge in a public library, and a scene where he bashes the ticking and buzzing appliances in his home with Nicholsonian grandeur), and certainly shows his knack for telling an offbeat tale. While 'Sounds Like' could have been better, it's still worth a look.