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Soft & Quiet

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Soft & Quiet

Released Nov 4, 2022

1h 32m

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Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Playing out in real time, SOFT & QUIET is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher, Emily, who organizes an inaugural club meeting of like-minded women. When they all decide to move the meeting to Emily's house to keep the wine flowing, they stop at the local store to pick up refreshments. At the store, an altercation breaks out between a woman from Emily's past and the group, leading to a volatile chain of events.

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Critics Consensus

A painfully timely horror-fueled thriller, Soft & Quiet forces the viewer to confront the ugly underbelly of modern American race relations.

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

The formal conceit forces you, in fact, to pay attention to how easily combustible incidents like the ones you see in Soft & Quiet are, and acknowledge how embedded into our modern firmament this prettified poison is now.

Nov 4, 2022

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Katie Rife

RogerEbert.com

Soft & Quiet is extremely effective as a piece of educational agitprop.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 4, 2022

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Carlos Aguilar

TheWrap

Within 90 minutes, their monstrous worldview turns them into murderous home invaders, and though the timeframe is arguably an exaggeration, it gets the point across succinctly.

Nov 4, 2022

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

I could actually feel my stomach churning and see my arms trembling as I held them over my face ... I was anticipating a lot of discomfort and hard-to-watch moments in Soft & Quiet, but this film exceeded even those expectations.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 5, 2024

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Gianmarco Farfán

Cinencuentro

The terrifying thing about this film is that it allows us to see how movements of destruction of others for ethnic reasons can emerge from unexpected places. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 30, 2024

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Jericho Tadeo

MovieWeb

All we're left with by the end of the film is anger, death, and, especially for racialized audiences, trauma. More significantly, and detrimentally as far as the movie-watching experience goes, we're left with nothing we didn't already know.

Jul 12, 2024

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A descent and suspenseful movie that takes place in one afternoon. I was really impressed by the acting and the pace of the movie. A good watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/28/25

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Cristian s

Buen ritmo, una historia que escala bastante rápido y se pone cada vez peor (o mas bien mejora para el espectador). Su gracia es estar grabada "en una sola toma" y a pesar de que algunos cortes se notan groseramente cumple con esa atmósfera que quería transmitir. Buenas actuaciones.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Audience Member

Stylistically phenomenal. It is shot in a handheld manner, made to look like one take, similarly to Silent House starring Lizzie Olsen. This part of the movie is exceptional. I really liked the personal aspect of following the footsteps of these characters, as if I was a part of the night. If you've seen the movie, what I just said sounds horrible, but I thought it was intriguing yet also disgusting. The characters are all deplorable, and there is not really a conclusive ending, but I don't mind it. It's a captured series of events, and the director chose to end the movie once those events are over. It was a challenging movie. It had a strong indie vibe to it, and I couldn't help but appreciate the artistry behind the film. I do sort of wish to have seen some consequences, but I also liked thinking about it afterwards, and making conclusions by myself. Thank you!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Victoria F

One of the most enthralling and captivating movies I've seen. I went into this cold with absolutely no context.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Linn H K

The irony in the title, 'cause this is anything but. Took me by complete suprise. I had to take a pause before I could watch further. And to think this is a debut film. Just wow. Gut punch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Alyster John E

Wow the audience meter sure is wrong in this one. I tend not to delve into Audience ratings that much. Worth a watch but definitely only once. The acting was scarily good, and "one shot" filming complements the insanity of it all.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/10/24

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Synopsis

Playing out in real time, SOFT & QUIET is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher, Emily, who organizes an inaugural club meeting of like-minded women. When they all decide to move the meeting to Emily's house to keep the wine flowing, they stop at the local store to pick up refreshments. At the store, an altercation breaks out between a woman from Emily's past and the group, leading to a volatile chain of events.

Director: Beth de Araújo
Producer: Joshua Beirne-Golden, Josh Peters, Saba Zerehi, Beth de Araújo
Screenwriter: Beth de Araújo
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Blumhouse Productions, Second Grade Teacher
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2022
Runtime: 1h 32m

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