Quiet

Pros: Wonderful performances by Cuthbert and Belle.
Cons: Teenage angst!

When I finished watching The Quiet, my thoughts were in the "what a waste of time" and "what was the point of that" arena. But the more I started to think about it, the more I realized that there was definite substance in this film, and quite a ...

Pros: None really
Cons: Story doesn't make sense, totally depressing, characters do not connect

Last night I saw a movie entitled Quiet (2005) which starred Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle and Edie Falco. When I saw the list of actresses in the film, I was excited and hoping for something really good. Instead, I was totally disgusted after ...

Pros: Shocking, secrets, selective mute girl
Cons: Characters were unbelievable at times

Incest, mean girls, bullies, teenage sexual escapades, and family drama all play a part in this movie. Not to mention a main character who is deaf mute. I really don't know what to think of this movie. It feels wrong to like it but it was pretty good. Of ...

Pros: Camilla Belle's performance.
Cons: The film's heightened sexuality is inappropriate.

Directed By Jaime Babbit. Written By Micah Schraft and Abdi Nazemian Elisha Cuthbert (Nina Deer) Martin Donovan (Paul Deer) Edie Falco (Olivia Deer) Shawn Ashmore (Connor) Katy Mixon (Michelle Fell) Camilla Belle (Dot) To me, the ending of ...

Pros: The actors, photographers, directors, designers, and producers, did a good job ...
Cons: ... but you can't say the same for the writers.

THE QUIET generally got such poor audience responses when it hit the theatres in August 2006 that you'd think any reviewer who liked it had gone into Witness Protection. Seeing it on DVD did not improve it much. The pity of it is that it has, apart ...