The Quiet

2005, 1080hd

Johnny's comments:

The Quiet went straight to DVD here in Australia and died a horrible death at the box office in America. And with good reason. The film doesn't know what it wants to be. A teen thriller? A study of incest and teen sexuality? A study of a suburban family falling apart, a la American Beauty? On all levels, it's extremely vague and in the end, it just seems so very stupid. Edie Falco's character is terribly written and her motives are ridiculous. Then there's the school hunk who falls for the deaf girl (Camilla Belle), to which he decides to tell all his dark sexual fantasies to her, hoping to perform some of them with her. (Spoilers coming) But she is not deaf. She's just faking it because of recent trauma, so she hears all the fantasies - and still has sex with him. Then, when the hunk finds out she's not deaf, he's offended. Come on...

And then there's Elisha Cuthbert's character who is constantly ironing her cheerleader uniform. What..?

Oh, it's terrrible and there's more to whinge about, but who cares...

Edie Falco film clip (stills below)