Speak No Evil

Name: Speak No Evil
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: September 9, 2022
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Adrian Blanchard, Fedja van Huêt, Hichem Yacoubi, Jesper Dupont, Karina Smulders

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: September 9, 2022 | NR

Starring: Adrian Blanchard, Fedja van Huêt, Hichem Yacoubi, Jesper Dupont, Karina Smulders, Lea Baastrup Rønne, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev, Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Sieger Sloot

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Streams on Shudder beginning September 15, 2022.

Summary: On a vacation in Tuscany, two families – one Danish, one Dutch – meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn't take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy ofOn a vacation in Tuscany, two families – one Danish, one Dutch – meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn't take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric…or is it sinister…behavior.… Expand

Director: Christian Tafdrup

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: NR

Runtime: 97 min

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IndieWire Susannah Gruder

Jan 26, 2022

Speak No Evil is the most cunningly depraved horror film in years, offering a piercing commentary on the ways we accommodate others to the point of self-subjugation. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 8, 2022

Gliding inexorably from squirmy to sinister to full-on shocking, this icy satire of middle-class mores, confidently directed by Christian Tafdrup, is utterly fearless in its mission to unsettle. Read full review

Bobby LePire

Jan 26, 2022

Thanks to a smart screenplay, excellent, stylish direction, and an outstanding cast from top to bottom, the entire production will unnerve and shake up all watching. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jan 26, 2022

The director shoots and cuts almost every scene so that the most innocuous action seems charged with the expectation that something awful is about to erupt, cranking viewer tension to an unpleasant degree. Read full review

Screen Rant Patrice Witherspoon

Sep 9, 2022

Speak No Evil shows viewers the dangers of not speaking up about discomforts for the sake of politeness, and it’s horrifyingly twisted. Read full review

Geoff Berkshire

Sep 20, 2022

There’s more than a whiff of both Michael Haneke and Ruben Östlund to the proceedings, except the characters never emerge as fully as they do in the best of those filmmakers’ works. Read full review

Collider Therese Lacson

Apr 25, 2022

Tafdrup defangs his feature in the final act, choosing to forego the road less traveled, completely breaking up the tension of an otherwise uncomfortable, tension-filled story. Read full review

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ipfaffenseller

Sep 24, 2022

With a tense soundtrack and great cast "Speak No Evil" can keep you anesthetized in thoughts before and after its end. No doubt that it is one of the most brilliant movies of 2022.

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VicFerrari

Oct 29, 2022

Slow burn incendiary takedown of middle class family life. The thin walls around the castle creak and crumble, then come crashing down in the finale. Beyond the façade of security and 2nd hand values, the barbarians are at the gate! Intelligent, well crafted and not for the faint hearted -Slow burn incendiary takedown of middle class family life. The thin walls around the castle creak and crumble, then come crashing down in the finale. Beyond the façade of security and 2nd hand values, the barbarians are at the gate! Intelligent, well crafted and not for the faint hearted - you have been warned.… Expand

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cyberscoundrel

Mar 9, 2023

After hearing of this movie from many online reviews stating its highly disturbing content, half way through the viewing experience I was thinking to myself that, while it was very tense and well acted, that it wasn’t quite disturbing as so many had said… oh how wrong I was. How veryAfter hearing of this movie from many online reviews stating its highly disturbing content, half way through the viewing experience I was thinking to myself that, while it was very tense and well acted, that it wasn’t quite disturbing as so many had said… oh how wrong I was. How very idiotically wrong I was. This movie shook me so much I didn’t watch a horror movie for about a week after, and I usually watch one every day or two day’s, but man this movie is brilliant. The performances were amazing and believable, the tension building was immaculate, and the underlying message was interesting and thought provoking, but man I’ll tell you what, you’ll never catch me watching this again, as well made as it was… Expand

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j1train

Dec 27, 2022

An enjoyably suspenseful first two acts that get a lot out of the dynamics of being too nice, and the awkwardness of friendships between people who just shouldn't be friends. And then there’s the final act, sick and twisted, it’s murky purpose offering absolutely no comfort or satisfaction.

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Orukayu

Jan 22, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Scandinavian horror film produced in 2022. I can say that the movie starts after the second half. The kind that gets on your nerves. It continues as an exemplary family consisting of a mother, father and daughter meets with another one-child family, mingles immediately and is invited to their home by the family they met. But this invitation is not very welcoming.

What a naive family you are. You returned for a teddy bear in such a disturbing condition. You immediately softened. Well, they took your child from you. The man is whining and the woman is beating the chair. They will kill you, attack, use violence. And the lambs went to die. You really allowed.

There are scenes of nudity and sexuality in the movie. The movie ends with the completely naked couple. It got on my nerves.… Expand

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Brickwall_

May 1, 2023

Well made and acted, but the story lacks any sense of purpose. It seems to be trying to say something about dominant vs. submissive personality types but offers no commentary or cogent point beyond simply acknowledging that they exist.

The film is a slow burn that only shifts into horror inWell made and acted, but the story lacks any sense of purpose. It seems to be trying to say something about dominant vs. submissive personality types but offers no commentary or cogent point beyond simply acknowledging that they exist.

The film is a slow burn that only shifts into horror in the last 20ish minutes, but when it makes that shift, there is no surprise, satisfaction, scares, or catharsis. The plot unfolds exactly how you expect it to from the outset without any subversion or even anything clever to mix things up. The actions of the main characters become less and less believable as the film moves along and what starts out feeling realistic ends up requiring through-the-roof suspension of disbelief to not see the gaping plot holes. The first 2/3 function as an effective uncomfortable social drama, but the third act squanders any potential that was built up.… Expand

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grozniot33

Oct 3, 2022

the most stupid idiotic and boring movie i will give 0 i wish i could give -10

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