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The Quiet

Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?

2005 · 1h 36m · R Drama, Thriller
Directed by Jamie Babbit

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Overview

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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22%
Tomatometer
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
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
Rotten

Rather than an indictment of depravity, the movie quickly becomes a particularly cynical example of it.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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
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

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