The Silence 2019

Reviews (15)

1. N

   nagomi 8 月 25, 2026

   the ugly cousin of a quiet place

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2. C

   clem 8 月 25, 2026

   it’s not that hard to just shut up

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3. F

   Freyr 8 月 25, 2026

   Birdemic with a budget. Tucci and Shipka deserve better than this.

   598 5
4. W

   wersku 8 月 25, 2026

   You know what…no…this is not that good. Another Tucci movie, so at least I can’t complain about the actors failing to deliver something better, but here, he alone doesn’t quite save it. If I have to say something good, it’s that the movie starts surprisingly well and makes you care about the characters, which is crucial in this type of disaster piece. However, where it falls apart is in its overall execution, and the more you think about it, the worse it gets. Silence is golden, and survival depends on it. And the film feels emotionally distant because it fails to give its characters the weight they need to resonate. While I mentioned that it sets itself up well to…

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5. E

   EmilyPD 8 月 25, 2026

   stanley……blink twice if Netflix is holding you hostage……

   259
6. M

   Matt 8 月 25, 2026

   A Quiet Place, if it was written by Michael instead of Jim.

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7. M

   Maj Augustin 8 月 25, 2026

   The Silence: Can I copy your homework? A Quiet Place: Yeah just change it up a bit so it doesnt look obvious you copied The Silence: Ok

   547 4
8. A

   Arnon🪐 8 月 25, 2026

   Kid: Mom can we have A Quiet Place Mom: We have A Quiet Place at home A Quiet Place at home:

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9. T

   Trevor Pitt 8 月 25, 2026

   Three days into the apocalypse… ‘The girl is fertile.’

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10. S

    sam 8 月 25, 2026

    a quiet place (2018) dir. john krasinski ran so hard that bird box and the silence couldn’t keep up.

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11. H

    haley 8 月 25, 2026

    why does she have the volume on her ipad turned up if she’s deaf?

    293 1
12. B

    Blondie 8 月 25, 2026

    Damn! Cults start up quick after an apocalypse.

    342 5
13. S

    Sierbahnn 5 月 22, 2026

    Sort of like Birdbox or A Quiet Place
    The movie feels sort of rushed with the initial world building being different from something we would be more familiar with, like zombies for instance. It introduces an entirely new set of monsters with new rules that we have to apply to the narrative. Then it skips most of that world building to get into a weird humans are the real monster sort of plot and you sort of lose interest in it at that point. The monsters are pretty but not very scary and even though the casting of the human characters is great and the direction is solid, this movie does not rise much above mediocrity, unfortunately.

14. T

    The Movie Diorama 1 月 16, 2020

    The Silence mutes any and all brain activity, sending viewers into a quiet sleep. “Shhhh! Be vewy vewy quiet! I’m hunting carnivewous ancient bats!”. For even the most minuscule of noises will send a swarm of ‘Pitch Black’ ‘Doctor Who’-esque bat demons that will scratch, bite and gnaw at your flesh. Based on a novel apparently, however any and all originality was tossed out of the family car window when both the superior ‘A Quiet Place’ and hugely popular ‘Bird Box’ were capitalising on the whole “sense prevention” horror schtick. Basically, it’s both those films put together. Ancient bat creatures are released from an uncharted cave system and are terrorising the continent of North America, where we follow a family trying to survive and reach a refuge.

    Problem is, this family is so chilled and relaxed during this heightened state of emergency, that any and all threat is relinquished from the nonchalant acting and careless attitudes. Urgh, honestly! Leonetti is doing his absolute best in unimaginatively mimicking other similar films, where veteran and all-round talent Tucci is waltzing around the countryside showing a face of “I can’t be bothered, release me from this torturous nightmare”.

    Plagued by infuriatingly stupid plot conveniences and character choices, the severe lack of tension halts the momentum entirely. Heck, it’s not even in neutral anymore. It’s reversing! Examples include (brace yourself…): handing a handgun to the uncle who is then left to die, ginger son conveniently switching cars before one of them veers over a verge, iPhones instantly muting themselves when submerged in water for a total of three seconds and bringing an obviously loud dog with you. That last example, accompanied with an unnecessary scene involving members of the public banishing a mother and her baby due to generating far too much noise, are simply utilised to showcase the destructive nature of humanity. Yup. Humans suck, and this film wants you to know that. You shan’t be scared by the horrifically visualised bat demons that look smoother than Tucci’s bald head. It’s the characters that’ll get under your skin and infuriate you.

    Need more proof? The entire third act. Father and daughter wander off to the nearest pharmacy, surprisingly making zero noise whatsoever on the way there, and encounter a mentally unstable reverend who yearns to fertilise young girls to maintain the population and chop their tongues off (after the foreplay, obviously…). What. The. Hell? That was so left field that even the flying angels didn’t see that coming. The narrative focus shifts constantly, making an already boring premise even more tediously mundane.

    Aside from one sacrifice towards the conclusion that had some emotional gravitas, The Silence offers nothing more than another forced extraction of this now dull horror concept. Actors weren’t trying, direction was unstable and the insufficient amount of scares were, well, insufficient. Oh wait, I forgot! It literally ends on the daughter becoming survivalist-styled Lara Croft and hunting these winged menaces down. Oh no no! I’m done! Just watch ‘A Quiet Place’ instead…

15. K

    KhanStan 4 月 23, 2019

    Same story as “Sshhh” and “Bird Box”, In this movie you can speak (loudly).But you can see, which is different by Netflix.