Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie meets a stranger named Charlie on the subway and spends 24 hours hanging out with him.
Proof positive that life's mundanities are even more tedious projected onto a movie screen.
– Mark Holcomb,
Time Out New York,
30 Aug 2007
fresh:
A talkfest like this is ripe for disaster, but Quiet City succeeds thanks to its two leads, Erin Fisher as Jamie and Cris Lankenau as Charlie. They're attractive and likable, and they hold our interest throughout.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
31 Aug 2007
fresh:
Although the movie is hardly more ambitious than its young protagonists, there's a lot of value in a lazy day. Quiet City knows where to find it.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
31 Aug 2007
fresh:
In place of Before Sunrise's verbal fireworks, the aptly named Quiet City offers something more like linguistic sparklers -- modest, yes, but charming all the same.