The Poets
"Louder than a Bomb is an exhilarating film, presenting a great range of talents. There are poems and performances here that are funny, others moving, and the whole of the film is brimming with vitality." W.S. MERWIN, U.S. Poet Laureate
Nate Marshall
- "In the way that he generously gives to others, cares for his family, acts as surrogate father or big brother or uncle for whoever needs him, and expresses himself with beauty and clarity, Marshall is a mensch. I've got maybe a dozen years on this kid and sat watching him in this film, jaw dropped, eyes moist, thinking to myself, 'I want to be Nate Marshall when I grow up.'" Matt Singer, IFC
- "Marshall displays prodigious talent, whipping out wordplay the way other kids punch out cell-phone texts, and doing it with a keen sense of wit." Robert Koehler, Variety
Adam Gottlieb
- "None of this prepares the viewer for the bomb that is Adam Gottlieb, whose first reading at the 20-minute mark, of a poem celebrating poetry, announces a promising new American talent. It's difficult to resist the comparison to Allen Ginsberg in Gottlieb's nearly breathless recitation, his use of incantation and rhythmic attack, and the sense of an epic unfolding before our ears." Robert Koehler, Variety
- "A poem by a young man named Adam Gottlieb, a blizzard of words and emotion and family history, is simply breathtaking" Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Nova Venerable
- "The movie floats to another realm entirely when the cameras go into the home of Nova Venerable, a smart, eloquent, gorgeous girl whose love for her special-needs younger brother and their hardworking single mom is expressed in terms that sidestep the formulaic verbal and physical bombast of so many of her peers (and fellow slam poets, regardless of age). With an eye for detail and a willingness to speak softly, she steals the movie." Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
- "As she performs her poems about her father, now absent, and her younger brother Cody, she creates vivid, profound images. She brings remarkable poise and ferocity to her performances." Cynthia Fuchs, Pop Matters
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