Somewhere Quiet

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Somewhere Quiet

Released Feb 2

1h 38m

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Months after escaping a brutal kidnapping, Meg travels with her husband, Scott, to his family's isolated compound in Cape Cod, hoping the early winter quiet will give her space to recover and for them to reconnect. Shortly after they arrive, however, the couple discovers they are not alone on the property. Scott's charming but overbearing cousin, Madelin, is staying next door. To Meg's surprise, the two are quite close and soon Madelin's presence is inescapable. With each passing day Meg and Scott's already fragile relationship begins to fracture, while Meg is haunted by vivid nightmares, visions of an old woman lurking in the woods, and a growing suspicion that Scott and Madelin are hiding something from her. As the tension in the house grows, Meg begins to act out in increasingly reckless ways, setting into motion a series of disturbing events that shatters the thin barrier of civility between her and the cousins. Subtle manipulation gives way to violent confrontation as Scott and Madelin reveal their troubling history and Meg learns the truth about her abduction.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

This movie offers an extraordinary sense of indefinable visceral dread and a deeply satisfying mystery, all framed through the lens of Lloyd’s radical rethinking of the final girl.

Jun 23, 2023

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

For those that don’t mind wading into the darker recesses of a fractured mind, Somewhere Quiet offers a melancholic, intimate, and moody seaside epilogue of a Final Girl’s story.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 12, 2023

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Kim does well as a survivor trying to process trauma and cling on to her sanity, and Audley confidently blurs the line between sympathetic and potentially menacing.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 25, 2024

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Pop Culture Reviews

In this psychologic horror/thriller, Lloyd encapsulates trauma and paranoia with sensitivity and care.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 26, 2024

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Chad Collins

Dread Central

Somewhere Quiet is a promising debut from Olivia West Lloyd even if it’s regularly constrained by the horror convention of today.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2024

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Picking up where many horror movies leave off, this tightly wound psychological thriller is a powerfully unsettling glimpse into trauma and paranoia.

Feb 2, 2024

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Mitch T

An absolute pile of dog crap. Everyone giving this movie a good rating just wants to feel sophisticated. Every scene was pointless. The only thing "Horror" about this was the god awful direction and writing. The acting was pretty good. Its too bad that Rotten Tomatoes allows completely disingenuous critic reviews. This movie should be a 10% across the board.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Glen M

Loved the acting and the intensity of the scenes. You are left with questions at the end of the movie but I loved the darkness and that I get to choose how the movie ends myself 😁

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Kaetochi O

I'd definitely recommend this movie if you are into psychological thrillers. I'm glad I watched the movie before checking Rotten Tomatoes, because I really enjoyed it. I honestly wonder whether all of the people who hated it have never experienced serious trauma before. I really connected with Meg and thought it was a great depiction of how unsafe the world feels when you have PTSD. I've seen a lot of people complain about things being neatly wrapped up in a bow, but where's the fun in that? Every good story featuring unreliable narrator should you feeling a little unsettled.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Audience Member

Interesting premise with some good acting performances but ultimately this is a story with a start and a middle and no ending. The people that find this movie deep and thoughtful are the same ones that find artistic merit in a Banana gaffer taped to a wall.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Regina R

I love the slow dread and atmospheric horror of this film. And THANK YOU for making a movie that shows the microaggressions so many of us face. Madelin assuming Meg knows Korean and assuming “Meg” must stand for a Korean name were spot on. Also appreciated the depiction of a marriage between a white man and a woman of color. Yeah, that’s exactly how it feels sometimes: realizing the man you thought was ideal for you has serious cultural biases. As Meg slowly realizes her marriage is not what she wants it to be and wonders if she’s crazy or everyone else is, the claustrophobia also increases until I wanted her to just get the hell out of there no matter what it took. Satisfying ending!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Katryn A

I don't understand why this has such low audience scores! I can only assume people were watching it while also scrolling on their phones. If you're paying attention, it's not hard to follow and you shouldn't need to have the ending explained. Or maybe the disconnect is that this has been pitched as a horror movie -- it's not. It has more in common with Scandi Noir crime dramas. As a fan of that genre, I loved it. This is a thoughtful movie with excellent performances all around. If you're interested in true crime or crime dramas and can empathize with a female main character, I think you'll like it too.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Months after escaping a brutal kidnapping, Meg travels with her husband, Scott, to his family's isolated compound in Cape Cod, hoping the early winter quiet will give her space to recover and for them to reconnect. Shortly after they arrive, however, the couple discovers they are not alone on the property. Scott's charming but overbearing cousin, Madelin, is staying next door. To Meg's surprise, the two are quite close and soon Madelin's presence is inescapable. With each passing day Meg and Scott's already fragile relationship begins to fracture, while Meg is haunted by vivid nightmares, visions of an old woman lurking in the woods, and a growing suspicion that Scott and Madelin are hiding something from her. As the tension in the house grows, Meg begins to act out in increasingly reckless ways, setting into motion a series of disturbing events that shatters the thin barrier of civility between her and the cousins. Subtle manipulation gives way to violent confrontation as Scott and Madelin reveal their troubling history and Meg learns the truth about her abduction.

Director: Olivia West Lloyd
Producer: Emma Hannaway, Taylor Shung, Eamon Downey
Screenwriter: Olivia West Lloyd
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Last Rodeo Studios, The Population
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 38m

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