Sound of Metal – 5

I spent the whole movie wondering where it was going, and at the end I still didn’t know. Were we supposed to be impressed by how Ruben, the heavy metal drummer, was handling his deafness, or depressed? Was he courageous or reckless? It seemed, by the last shot, that he had thrown everything away, but did that last shot represent some inner peace? Who knows? I watched it to see Riz Ahmed’s award-potential performance. He certainly convinced me of his confusion, or maybe his mindless independence, so I will give him that.