The Quiet
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Movie Reviews of The Quiet
Movie Review: Not sure what to think....
Summary: 3 Stars
I had mixed feelings about this movie.
I thought the portrayal of deafness was really off. The idea that a deaf person is totally shut off from the world was just wrong. I happen to be friends with several deaf people who lead totally normal lives. There ARE stupid people who consider deaf people to be retarded or dumb, but not that many.
The movie started off well enough and I was interested at first, but lost focus of the story somewhere in the middle. I wasn't sure what it was all about at the end. Surreal is the best word I can use to describe this movie.
I don't understand the police confession at all or even what the point of the story was. I was just confused when the credits rolled and I thought, "Was that it?"
Both co-stars are beautiful and easy on the eyes, though, so that might please some people.
Movie Review: Better than I thought.
Summary: 3 Stars
I rented this movie expecting a corny thriller with some very pretty faces and perhaps some risque subject matter. While this movie didn't deliver what I was originally looking for, I did find it enjoyable. The real premise of this movie, to paint a complex interpersonal story using an involved but highly passive narrator (Dot), proves its potential in this movie, but this movie falls flat in many other ways. I found the dialog in this movie to be unconvincing and distracting, and the plot had numerous holes, making the entire story seem half baked. The movie paints a very interesting perspective on some very disturbing subject matter, but the many distractions in the film prevented me from following the emotions of the characters. I think this movie is worth a rent, but I wouldn't buy it.Movie Review: The Quiet - gives us something to talk about
Summary: 3 Stars
WHAT THE BOX DOESN'T TELL YOU
The truth, but that is meant as compliment in every way. Trailers and the less than extrodinary DVD case would have you believe you're renting another run of the mill thriller, which unapologetically casts its young beauties in roles they are more well known for centering around angst-ridden teen struggles situations of mild horror. Expect something different.
WHY I WOULD RENT IT AGAIN
There's some deep situations both girls encounter on their road back to friendship and their individual fight for emotional survival. The movie won't leave you feeling empty inside. Good direction by Jamie Babbit ensures you'll get from beginning to end without encountering weak segues.
Movie Review: girl in a difficult situation
Summary: 3 Stars
Elisha Cuthbert plays a girl, Nina, who doesn't know what to do. Her father has an incestuous relationship with her. She loves her father, but at the same time hates him for what he makes her do.
Ninas parents godchild, "the mute" Dot, becomes one in the family after the death of her father. She turns the life around for Nina who starts to have a strange bond to Dot.
The film is intence, exciting and somewhat heavy cause to the topic (the incest).
Both Elisha and Camilla Belle (Dot) are good in the main characters. But Martin Doonovan as the father and Edie Falco as the mother makes lifeless performances. Donovan and Falco are the reason I just gives the film 3 stars and not 4.
Movie Review: OK Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
This was an OK movie with a good story that will keep you watching. I am always looking for something with Elisha Cuthbert, ever since I saw her in "Girl Next Door". I think she would have been a good choice for the female lead in Black Snake Moan, had not Christina Ricci taken it ( she was excellent). This is definitely worth a look.