pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
73
from 294 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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FUN
9
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
91
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 294 comments (247 from Reddit, 43 from Metacritic, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 71 of them described how it moves.
➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Hard going most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 1 moment that made people jump, 6 that landed as a blow, 2 that gave people chills.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
“That scene of Lou and Ruben standing at the cab broke me”
shefoundnow · Reddit ↗
“The scene where Joe is telling Ruben he can’t stay with the group anymore; specifically when Ruben is anxiously explaining why he needs money, and Joe tells him he is acting like an addict was incredibly well done by both actors.”
saintpablo25 · Reddit ↗
“it had such an impact in those final moments”
ResevoirPups · Reddit ↗
“The shot of Ruben drumming on the metal slide while the little boy put his ear to it was fucking beautiful. I’m tearing up thinking about it.”
“that scene between Raci and Ahmed in itself is a subversion because even though neither of them were shouting, it felt like a really low-key version of a argument but it hurt ten times more because of how both people were holding so much back”
“The break up/acceptance scene at the end finally did me in.”
niklovin · Reddit ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“On the surface it’s a solid and and absorbing character study. But thanks to Marder’s script and masterful direction, and Ahmed’s beautiful performance, there are increasingly deeper layers that take this movie to a deeper place.”
Karen Gordon, Original-Cin · 100
“Nothing about the sound in Sound of Metal is ordinary.”
Tim Robey, The Telegraph · 100
“A small film that hits big, Sound Of Metal is a gem you’ll want to bang the drum for.”
Matt Maytum, Total Film · 100
“This is a very personal story to Marder and it shows in the intricate ways he uses sound to place us within Ruben’s plight.”
Jared Mobarak, The Film Stage · 91
“[A] mesmerizing debut ... Sound of Metal injects visceral, edgy circumstances with remarkable sensitivity.”
Eric Kohn, IndieWire · 91
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 90, the watch 73
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“That scene of Lou and Ruben standing at the cab broke me”
shefoundnow▲ 1,499about 33–66% inread it ↗
“The scene where Joe is telling Ruben he can’t stay with the group anymore; specifically when Ruben is anxiously explaining why he needs money, and Joe tells him he is acting like an addict was incredibly well done by both actors.”
saintpablo25▲ 1,081about 70–80% inread it ↗
“it had such an impact in those final moments”
ResevoirPups▲ 831about 85–100% inread it ↗
“The shot of Ruben drumming on the metal slide while the little boy put his ear to it was fucking beautiful. I’m tearing up thinking about it.”
▲ 731about 60–70% inread it ↗
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