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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 50
  3. Negative: 8 out of 50

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  1. CarolineL.
    Sep 1, 2006
    10
    Twisted and funny, a little of everything rolled into one, drama, comedy, thriller. Nice to see something different from all the usual stuff. And nice to see something about women directed by a woman.
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  2. HenryK.
    Sep 1, 2006
    10
    The critics are really off on this one. It's a blast from start to finish. Thought provoking, dark, and very funny.
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  3. KyleJ.
    Aug 29, 2006
    10
    A cult classic like no other, full of macabre humor. I highly recommend it.
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  4. KensP.
    Aug 30, 2006
    10
    a compelling and disturbing psychological mind bender.
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  5. ChadS.
    Sep 2, 2006
    5
    [***SPOILERS***] If Keenan Ivory Wayans turned his satirical eye on independent film, it might possibly look a lot like "The Quiet", a high school melodrama that brings to mind quite a few films with lofty pedigrees in the most bizarre hodgepodge imaginable. If your main character is deaf, and the soundtrack offers an interior dialogue, you're begging to be compared to "The Piano". And Dot(Camilla Belle) plays the piano! She and her surrogate family are often bathed in blue light as if they're underwater. In the Jane Campion film, Ada nearly drowns with her instrument. Another obvious allusion; the relationship between father(Martin Donovan) and daughter(Elisa Cuthbert; she's no Sarah Polley, but better than you'd imagine), which will stir memories of Atom Egoyan's "The Sweet Hereafter" for anybody who saw it(I was quietly hoping to see a school bus). In an almost "Heathers"-like high school melodrama, you can't get more disparate than those two films. "The Quiet" is not boring. This movie is going to be used for a drinking game when it hits the DVD market. Count on it.… Expand
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  6. [Anonymous]
    Sep 3, 2006
    3
    tried way too hard & just missed the mark, in my opinion. I kept checking my watch.
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  7. ScottM
    Sep 7, 2006
    8
    I'm surprised. I usually agree with critics. This film is flawed, as a result of the micro-budget, but is rich and compelling, far more so than I expected. I was very impressed.
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  8. NathanL.
    Feb 14, 2007
    7
    Strong performances, the story was okay. But overall, better than I expected.
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Metascore
29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 16 out of 24
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    30
    A Lifetime movie on crack, The Quiet dredges up every lurid cliche from the well of teen hormonal havoc in a tale of dysfunctional family meltdown that seems unsure whether to push for suburban-Gothic psychosexual excess or tongue-in-cheek malevolence.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    40
    Thematically the movie never reaches beyond the ready-for-prime-time mentality that specializes in psychological shorthand.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    50
    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.
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