The Quiet (2005)
Why?
15 March 2007
A tedious bore! This film doesn't know what it's trying to be. Serious drama or psycho-sexual hokum? Even the poster is confused as it looks like a lesbian vampire flick! So...Mute 'geek' girl moves in with dysfunctional family (God only knows why Edie Falco & Martin Donovan agreed to do this tripe) and uncovers the underbelly of darkness within the household while retaining her own (instantly figured out) secrets. Much like a bad teen-comedy, geek-mute girl becomes popular and even has the most fancied boy at school after her who asks her to 'the dance' (yes he really does!) and secrets are revealed and shared and...who cares! Rubbish. The kind only America loves to make with the premise that if they stick Elisha Cuthbert and Camille Belle as the gals - giving promise to adolescent boys that they may get their kit off (they don't!) the bucks will roll in. They probably have. Don't be one to bankroll this any further. 1 for Edie Falco, 1 for Martin Donovan = 2 out of 10 (very generous at that!)
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