The Quiet
Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?
Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?
Drama, Thriller
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2005
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After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
12 Sep 2005
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$900,000
Revenue:
$381,420
Awards:
1 win
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
In retrospect, it is Belle who manages to acquit herself best with a role that never quite makes sense, but affords her some expressive, silent sequences. Surely she will find other film work and then quietly drop The Quiet from her biography.
– Hap Erstein,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
23 Sep 2006
fresh:
One strength of The Quiet is that it does not deal exploitatively with the incest/sexual abuse issue in its quest to generate tension.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
16 Sep 2006
rotten:
Rather than an indictment of depravity, the movie quickly becomes a particularly cynical example of it.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
1 Sep 2006
rotten:
The exposition is so heavy-handed, the producers might just as well distribute a printed handout to hapless ticket buyers.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
1 Sep 2006
rotten:
Bordering on camp and loaded with lesbian undertones, this wretched drama plays like a high-school horror flick that trades monsters and mayhem for an overdose of force-fed cruelty.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
1 Sep 2006