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The Quiet
2006
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The Quiet
Positive Reviews
14
Negative reviews
26
Average Rating
2.2
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4.5
If anything, Noyce shortchanges the politics in favor of a romantic triangle that isnt nearly as involving, mainly because the Vietnamese mistress, pi ..
Av Club
2.5
The Quiets sense of disquiet feels unintentional, suggesting behind the scenes conflict.
3.5
(Daniel Hertzberg for The Post) The on screen banners known as chyrons were once flat, artless labels that were about as exciting as an airport arriva ..
2.0
The trouble is with its execution.The filmmakers take the easy way out in characterizing their mute protagonist: with reams of voiceover that explicat ..
3.0
An uneven satire/black comedy that lurches from serious drama to black comedy and back again.
E Film Critic
1.3
But then theres little in this film that makes sense.The family has entirely too many secrets and lies to be plausible.
San Francisco Chronicle
1.9
Characters already too wicked to be credible start doing stuff simply too stupid to be believed, with no help from a cast way too overmatched to be us ..
The Globe And Mail
2.0
A weirdly unsatisfying movie...when you find yourself taken aback and moved to giggle all at once, it will mostly be out of a feeling of unease and em ..
One Guys Opinion
3.8
One strength of The Quiet is that it does not deal exploitatively with the incest/sexual abuse issue in its quest to generate tension.
ReelViews
2.5
Probably dark drama best describes it; its not exactly a thriller, or if its supposed to be, then its not at all thrilling.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
.Laura: This load of hooey written by Abdi Nazemian and Micah Schraft pushes all those indie buttons dysfunctional family, incest, teenage treachery a ..
2.5
The actor delivers one of his best performances, imbuing Jim with a nervous energy and volatility thats simply breathtaking.
Reel Film Reviews
1.0
Its almost a good idea for a trashy thriller, or even for a sophisticated psychological drama, but this movie is neither of those things, nor even an ..
News Review
2.0
This sanitized version of inner city life deserves points for its game attempt to create an uplifting tale, but outside some flashy basketball sequenc ..
Cs Monitor
1.5
The less said about the script and direction and the performances in The Quiet, the better.
Film Journal International ..
1.3
Thats one of many ridiculous aspects of this dramatic thriller, which gets more ludicrous as it goes along.While it almost takes on a campy air, dista ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.3
The Quiet is in such bad taste that its a shame the thriller doesnt make a better bad movie.
Boston
1.5
The Quiet (review) If theres anything quiet about this film which is distressingly nonchalant about some straight up distressing things its the quiet ..
1.9
The exposition is so heavy handed, the producers might just as well distribute a printed handout to hapless ticket buyers.
Toronto Star
1.5
While watching Cuthbert and Belle on screen is always good for eye candy, The Quiet is a hilariously bad and utterly ridiculous piece of melodrama tou ..
Cinema Crazed
2.0
How Lesbian Is It.Enough to satisfy teenage boys and the very easy to please fans of teen girls ironing cheerleading outfits in their underwear.
Movies
3.0
Forget Snakes on a Plane The Quiet is the new camp classic of the summer.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
2.0
The script drowns out its ideas with arch melodramatic devices and ridiculous twists while Babbitt smothers even the daylight scenes in an oppressive ..
Seattle Pi
1.3
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
2.5
The Quiet fails to realize its ambition of melding the satirical levity of a teen high school comedy with serious, issue oriented drama.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.5
Its a compound of disturbing scandal with horror movie underpinnings bubbling up to the surface.
Varia Gate
4.0
a disturbing drama that is as riveting to watch as it is challenging to contemplate
Killer Movie Reviews
5.0
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Straight
1.9
At best, the film acquires inadvertent guilty pleasure tackiness.Anything this creepy and absurd cant be taken seriously, so you settle.
Chron
1.0
I cant think of a human activity Id recommend less than watching this hackneyed, straining to be lurid domestic drama.
Or Lando Weekly
3.0
An unnerving little psychological study that makes the most of the high def aesthetic.
Guide Live
0.0
With no characters to like, no script lines to remember and no artistic touches to admire, The Quiet is tone deaf but unfortunately not mute on all le ..
Denver Post
2.5
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get back returns
Movie Eye
1.0
The films producers would like us to keep this quiet... this is supposed to be a thriller, but the only time we were thrilled was when it was over.
TheMovieChicks.com
4.5
In the most inappropriate moments, the film slides into archly dark humor, even bombast. The prompted urges to laugh tend less to defuse the sting and ..
Vulture
1.5
Touches fleetingly on an interesting phenomenon namely, the manner in which a fathers advances simultaneously disgust and enthrall his teenage stepdau ..
IGN Movies
2.5
Where did this snooze worthy film go wrong: the languid pacing The atrocious dialogue Aiming for prestige instead of embracing queerness and camp In b ..
Bloody Disgusting
1.9
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 ..
Seattle Times
3.0
As the picture gets wilder and the performances achieve a Telemundo broad pitch, Babbit keeps this trainwreck engrossing
Film Jerk
3.1
The Quiet, however much it may hold you through most of the story, will leave you at the end stunned by the realization: you have just wasted 96 preci ..
1.0
Since its too bad to be good, but not bad enough to be campy, youll wish they would have just kept quiet.
Democratand Chronicle
4.5
The Quiet may be a mess, but its an exceedingly entertaining one, with a host of fine actors keeping their characters on as tight a leash as a film he ..
Bay Area Reporter
3.1
This is the intriguing scenario at the center of The Quiet, a taut psychological thriller directed by Jamie Babbitt.
BlackFilm.com
0.5
From pill popping to promiscuity to bloodlust and incest, The Quiet is not a happy, family film, unless your family is the Osbournes.
Rich Mond
2.5
An unconvincing and uninvolving psychological thriller about the ugly reality festering behind the pristine faade of a respectable upper middle class ..
Online Tv Guide
2.5
Babbit overplays her hand, heavily hinting at every mystery, and by the midpoint the film is just a long dive into the inevitable.
Arizona Daily Star
1.3
Starts with an overwritten voice over and ends with events so baffling as to seem satirical.
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