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Speak No Evil

Play trailer 1:50 Poster for Speak No Evil Released Sep 9, 2022 1h 38m Horror Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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On a vacation in Tuscany, two families -- one Danish, one Dutch -- meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn't take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric... or is it sinister... behavior.
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A social satire with razor-sharp teeth, Speak No Evil offers a darkly delicious treat for fans of misanthropic thrillers.

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It's well-acted and definitely has something to say, but Speak No Evil isn't really scary -- and it'll be a tough watch for all but the most desensitized viewers.

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Kristy Puchko Mashable Speak No Evil is a dark journey well worth the cost of admission. Oct 9, 2022 Full Review Scott Tobias The Reveal (Substack) A Type B nightmare come slowly yet ferociously to life. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 3, 2022 Full Review Nick Schager The Daily Beast A thriller that depicts the path to hell as paved with minor transgressions. Sep 16, 2022 Full Review Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews The Danish Speak No Evil (2022) smartly utilizes dark social satire to slowly, quietly submerge viewers into genuinely disturbing horror. Rated: 4.5/5 Sep 17, 2024 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Speak No Evil rips apart the false sense of security that people have when they think strangers are instant friends. The horror in this thriller isn’t delivered until the movie’s last third, but it packs a very bleak wallop. Sep 14, 2024 Full Review Joe Muldoon Battle Royale With Cheese Speak No Evil is an excruciating watch, and one worth surrendering ourselves to. A provocative satire of middle-class sensibilities, it forces its audience to look inwards in a way hitherto unexplored. Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Leif K This movie is awesome. Why did they remake it? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Alejandro A So, here we are, first time ever for me writing a review. The cinematic and production of the movie was good, series history, it just became absolutely lame, there is no way than a person will react and take the decisions than the family in the movie did. A person with no arms and legs will be able to do more too try to survive. It was just desperate to watch how the history happened. Skip 100% and watch the remake from USA. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review Robson C Um casal dinamarquês e sua filha, de férias na Itália, conhecem uma família holandesa e seu filho. Logo, as famílias se tornam amigas. Um tempo depois, o casal holandês convida o dinamarquês para passar um final de semana na casa deles. Eles aceitam, sem saber do que irão encontrar. Agora que eu assisti o filme dinamarquês, posso fazer uma análise dele e comparar com o americano. Em primeiro lugar, o original é muito melhor. A questão do incômodo dos dois filmes já é uma questão a ser tratada. No original, o incomodo vem dos limites que cada vez mais o casal holandês vai forçando, o que faz com que o dinamarquês vá se tornando cada vez mais passivo. O Patrick de Fedja van Huêt vai cometendo as suas indiscrições, mas mantém um sorriso no rosto. O Paddy do James McAvoy não é tão sutil como Patrick. Principalmente porque a toda hora ele se impõe através do seu corpo bombado. Paddy é um perigo iminente. Patrick é mais sinuoso. Outro ponto importante é o choque de culturas entre as duas famílias, ou talvez, o choque de estereótipos, com os nórdicos mais contidos e frios e os holandeses, mais desinibidos. No remake, não dá muito para fazer isso, já que temos 2 casais que falam o mesmo idioma e um país colonizou o outro. Assim, em vez de um choque de cultura, temos um choque de educação e sinceridade. No sentido, que o casal inglês fala o que pensa, sem filtro e o americano não quer constrangê-los. Pontos a favor do remake são o background para os personagens principais e a utilização do coelho de pelúcia das meninas de forma mais inteligente e necessária para a trama. O remake refaz boa parte das cenas originais. Pouca coisa é original. E aí chegamos a última parte do filme. O remake decide ir para um lado mais "americano de ser" no cinema. O original, apesar de muita gente não gostar, tem um final mais perto da realidade, se podemos dizer isso. Muita gente reclama da passividade dos dinamarqueses. Mas eles foram assim o filme todo e não seria no final que isso mudaria. Até porque, provavelmente, a maioria das pessoas comportaria da mesma forma que eles no final. Speak No Evil original é um terror psicológico, onde a revelação é o de menos, pois isso vem sendo bombardeado desde o início, com a trilha sonora. Os 2 elencos estão muito bem, defendendo muito bem seus personagens. Escolha o seu Speak No Evil. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Jelisije J I get the theme and overall message the director is trying to portray but its extremely frustrating and unrealistic when watching two parents struggling to get any backbone or fight upon the people that are trying to kill their family. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Rachel B SPOILERS: I literally made a profile so I could review this movie poorly. My wife and I have been ranting about this for an hour. I don't know if Americans are possibly just built different, but there isn't a snowball's chance in Hell that these events would have unfolded in this way. The victims behaved in such a stupid and cowardly way, they made it impossible to root for them. I kept waiting for that moment when they would WAKE UP and fight for their lives or fight for their child, but it never came. With nary a weapon in sight, the couple simply complied with the psychopaths and allowed their child to be mutilated and taken, then they just cried as they were told to "strip down," walk into a ditch and be passively stoned to death. I mean, my God. I hate to victim blame, but in the case of these awful, pathetic "protagonists" I'm willing to make an exception. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Jacob B Come for the social satire, stay for the unbelievably horrific final moments. This film does what great horror should do, stay with you and linger in the back of your mind like a nightmare you can not shake. A terrifying slow burn of a horror show. (Avoid the unnecessary American remake.) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis On a vacation in Tuscany, two families -- one Danish, one Dutch -- meet and become fast friends. Months later, the free-spirited Dutch family extends an invitation to the more conservative Danish one for a holiday weekend getaway at their countryside home. However, it doesn't take long before things gradually get out of hand as the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Dutch hospitality quickly turns unnerving for the Danes, and they find themselves increasingly caught in a web of their own politeness in the face of eccentric... or is it sinister... behavior.
Director
Christian Tafdrup
Producer
Jacob Jarek
Screenwriter
Christian Tafdrup, Mads Tafdrup
Distributor
IFC Midnight
Production Co
Profile Pictures
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 15, 2022
Runtime
1h 38m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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