Babbit clumsily underlines emotional moods.
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08/31/06
The Quiet (2006)
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:20
Rotten:72
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: This psychological thriller's talented cast is undercut by leaden pacing and a problematic plot.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Jamie Babbitt (GILMORE GIRLS) makes his feature debut with this suburban melodrama tinged with the trappings of exploitation films and Gothic horror. Dot (Camilla Belle, THE CHUMSCRUBBER) is a deaf... [More]
Starring: Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan
Director: Jamie Babbitt
Reviews for The Quiet
The stupider things get, the more seriously it takes itself -- and the more seriously it takes itself, the funnier it is.
08/31/06
Sheer punishment to watch.
08/31/06
I do not say this quietly: Save your money.
08/31/06
Speaks queasy volumes about the refracted manner in which the sexualization of female adolescents is viewed as a form of perverse entertainment.
08/31/06
Babbit overplays her hand, heavily hinting at every mystery, and by the midpoint the film is just a long dive into the inevitable.
08/31/06
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 embarrassment.
08/31/06
I can't think of a human activity I'd recommend less than watching this hackneyed, straining-to-be-lurid domestic drama.
08/31/06
a disturbing drama that is as riveting to watch as it is challenging to contemplate
08/30/06
[Babbit] basically waltzes through this mundane material without so much a titillating revelation that feels grounded in substantial decadence.
08/28/06
[Falls] back on angsty, adolescent clichés about how sick and shallow suburbia is. It may be, sometimes. But it's still not quite as sick and shallow as this.
08/28/06
Intentionally slow-paced, Babbit’s taut direction gives Cuthbert a mean-spirited thriller as an acting showcase. And, Falco does an impressive nude scene!
08/28/06
The world's most inappropriate Harlequin romance novel: a heavy-breather of a potboiler for Judy Blume's audience of babysitters and old men in long coats.
08/27/06
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08/26/06
An unconvincing and uninvolving psychological thriller about the ugly reality festering behind the pristine façade of a 'respectable' upper-middle class family.
08/25/06
The Quiet's attractive young cast, erotically charged dialogue, and occasional chills make the movie a whole lot kickier than might be expected.
08/25/06
A repugnant little indie black comedy, poorly acted in hideous-looking digital video, guaranteed to send audiences fleeing for the nearest shower.
08/25/06
A screamingly bad melodrama whose message seems to be that people who think they're talking to a deaf person admit things they wouldn't admit to themselves. Silence, please.
08/25/06
What should be a sustained mood piece instead flops around uncertainly, trading in understated strength for noisy diversion.
08/25/06
Top CriticAs the incestuous abusive father, Martin Donovan is as creepy and scary as a Monogram-era Bela Lugosi.
08/25/06
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