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The Quiet Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck

  This ludicrously plotted drama of incestuous sexual abuse is only partially redeemed by its strong performances.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  It never quite settles on whether it's a "Mean Girls" burlesque of teen life, an "American Beauty"-style bad-things-in-the-suburbs drama, or a wayward horror film. And it certainly never reconciles itself to successfully pulling off a hybrid of the three.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Neither ambitious enough to take seriously nor sleazy enough to enjoy, The Quiet flirts with the trappings of exploitation cinema without going all the way.

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• 30

  out of 100

  VarietyDavid Rooney

  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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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  This dank and rhythmless ''psychological'' potboiler was directed by Jamie Babbit, who made 2000's "But I'm a Cheerleader," and though she has shifted tones from shrill camp to moody angst in The Quiet, she still thinks in stereotypes so thin that they put you to sleep the moment they open their mouths.

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