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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 0043396165823 Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: February 13, 2007 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: September 01, 2006 Sales Rank: 29125 MPN: COLD16582D
Product Description: This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex, lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door) as Nina Deer, a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents' godchild Dot (Camilla Belle), a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father's death. Although Nina looks upon Dot's deafness with disdain, her family and friends develop a strange attraction to her, and Dot soon becomes a sounding board for everyone's heaviest burdens. But when Nina becomes convinced that Dot is hiding a few secrets of her own, she decides to confess a family secret so disturbing, it cannot be ignored. Also starring Martin Donovan and Edie Falco (TV's The Sopranos).
Amazon.com: High school cheerleader Nina Deer (Elisha Cuthbert) seems like the ultimate bitch in The Quiet. When Paul and Olivia Deer (Martin Donovan and Edie Falco) invite their deaf and mute godchild, Dot (Camilla Belle) to live with the family following the death of Dot's father, Nina plays Dot's evil stepsister. Dot silently persists as household dynamics unfold nightmarishly around her, revealing an unsavory affair that leaves the mother reaching for her bottle of painkillers. The more Nina reveals her secret fantasy to Dot, however, the more Dot feels compelled to step in. Director Jamie Babbit's film is rich with sexual confusion and sick psychology, making The Quiet surprisingly complex. Though Elisha Cuthbert's performance is strong, it is still a slowly paced film, and the sets, like dark, moody blue rooms in the Deer house, add unneeded melodrama. Still, The Quiet is a thriller about teen girls bonded to commit a heinous crime, and many will appreciate this variation on the tale of young female chivalry against monstrosity. --Trinie Dalton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great Flick
To think that Thora Birch was asked to play the lead in this flick...
Her replacement was a last-minute one, and she almost steals the show, perfectly complimenting solid performances by Elisha Cuthbert ... Read More
Rating: - I like it
This was a really good movie. Its kind of slow paced but worth watching. SHows you how crazy the world is.
Rating: - Punked, but still enjoyed the flick. Tense, slightly erotic. Psychological thriller.
Ok, I was suckered by the previews and the cover. I thought (or hoped) this would be sort of a step daughter gets freaky kinda movie. Perverted, yeah, but...wait till you learn more about the family!
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Rating: - Quietly Loud
The Quiet us a very duscincerting movie. The entire movie is very dark, from the story to the setting. It deals quite frankly with sexual abuse and violence. After her parents die, Dot gets adopted by the family ... Read More
Rating: - Boring
There is a family of three - a mother, father and a daughter. They adopt a deaf girl who has just lost her father. The deaf girl is struggling to mix in at the high school and with her new family. The family is dysfunctional ... Read More
- Great Flick
- I like it
- Boring