''The Sounding'' is a 2017 American mystery drama film directed by and starring Catherine Eaton. It is Eaton's feature directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2017

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Cast

*Catherine Eaton *

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Release

The film was released via VOD on October 20, 2020.

Reception

The film has a 69% rating on

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. Tomris Laffly of '' RogerEbert.com'' awarded the film two stars. Kate Erbland of

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graded the film a B.

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of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "''The Sounding'' might have worked better as a theater piece — which is how it began — than as a film, where its excessive quirkiness feels all the more glaring."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sounding, The 2017 films 2017 drama films American mystery drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films