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Soft & Quiet

Play trailer 2:00 Poster for Soft & Quiet Released Nov 4, 2022 1h 32m Horror Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Katie Rife RogerEbert.com Soft & Quiet is extremely effective as a piece of educational agitprop. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 4, 2022 Full Review 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 Full Review Samantha Schuster Cinéfilo Serial It is a risky film, not for all audiences, but it exposes the thoughts of white supremacy that are increasingly present in society. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 8, 2025 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nicholas D A very unexpected plot. The scariest part is their total lack of remorse, just the fear of getting caught. That is the real horror. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/14/25 Full Review Archer S. I found it to be well-shot and beautifully performed. That’s all the positivity I can muster- this was truly a miserable experience, one I have no intention on revisiting. The worst thing a movie can do to me is make me stop caring. Throughout the movie, I knew it was a thriller. And after the strong opening, with the six women outing themselves as bigoted monsters, I thought, “Cool. Either one’s a decent person who’ll rise above, or they all stumble into a situation that kills them all.” Instead, they proceed to get more and more deranged and monsterous to the point where someone innocent dies. Now, I was watching this on stream with a friend. I almost dropped out. The worst thing a movie can do to me is make me stop caring. And that was the point where the movie did just that. I disconnected extremely hard, like, “Are these people going to get ANY justice? Any comeuppance? …No? Okay, I’m done.” And I tuned everything else out from that point on. I wish the director well, I wish the actors well, but my time would have been better spent watching the Garbage Pail Kids movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Brian L How are audience members this dumb to rate this film so low!? It is either some kind of targeted attack from the types of people that don't want the way that these ideals creep into the mainstream, to be recognized. Or, people are just too dense to understand and appreciate the horror and slippery slope that these kinds of ideas manifest into, and the acts of violence that can come from them. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/03/25 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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