The Quiet
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 25, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
16
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The few effective scenes in The Quiet suggest that the film might have worked as a kinked-up Hitchcockian thriller rather than the drab, serious drama it turns out to be. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
An unconvincing and uninvolving psychological thriller. Read full review
40
Village VoiceElla Taylor
Thematically the movie never reaches beyond the ready-for-prime-time mentality that specializes in psychological shorthand. Read full review
40
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Babbit is skilled at creating atmosphere and mood, all of it creepy or sodden, and actresses Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle put their hearts into their roles, which are, unfortunately, encased in a sleazoid TV movie of the week tarted up in art-school clothes. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
This ludicrously plotted drama of incestuous sexual abuse is only partially redeemed by its strong performances. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire. Read full review
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