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      The Quiet Room

      PG 1996 1h 31m Drama List
      80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 73% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Sick of her mother (Celine O'Leary) and father (Paul Blackwell) constantly bickering, a 7-year-old girl (Chloe Ferguson) routinely retreats to her room, where she finds peace by reflecting back on the happier times when her parents treated each other with love and affection. As their fighting escalates and even becomes physical at one point, the girl decides to take a vow of silence out of frustration, hoping to draw their attention away from each other and back to her. Read More Read Less

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: A- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The Quiet Room was a little too quiet for me. Rated: C Mar 28, 2003 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A profound film about the emotional intelligence of little children and the holy calling of parenthood. Feb 26, 2002 Full Review Dustin Putman TheFilmFile.com An exceptional, if not perfect, Australian drama that gets farther into the inner workings of a child's mind than any other film I've ever seen. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member This one is so quiet that I even forgot watching it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I cried my eyes out. After the movie was over, my parents came into my room and sat on my bed. They asked me why I cried so much during this movie and if it was because I really related to the main character. We had a long family discussion until 3 AM about how they will try not to fight anymore and reassured me that they wouldn't get a divorce. The movie was so good that I rented it a couple times from the library after seeing it. Then, I recently bought it at a video store because I wanted to add it to my collection. It is a good movie to watch and then talk about after with your kids. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Writer/director Rolf de Heer isn't interested in easy resolutions but in how a child makes sense of the perplexing and often disappointing real world. An engrossing if not profound film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member When her parents start shouting she gets quiet. The main [font=Times New Roman][size=3]character of the movie is a young girl who stops talking when her parents start fighting with one another. The girl narates throughout the film (it's supposed to be what she is thinking about what happens around her). Only the veiwer gets to hear her comments as her parents yell about one thing and another. You also get to find out about all the things she misses from when she was younger like sleeping between her parents in the big bed. This is an endearing and thought provoking film and should not be missed.[/size][/font] Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Sick of her mother (Celine O'Leary) and father (Paul Blackwell) constantly bickering, a 7-year-old girl (Chloe Ferguson) routinely retreats to her room, where she finds peace by reflecting back on the happier times when her parents treated each other with love and affection. As their fighting escalates and even becomes physical at one point, the girl decides to take a vow of silence out of frustration, hoping to draw their attention away from each other and back to her.
      Director
      Rolf de Heer
      Production Co
      Fandango
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 1, 2007
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $58.5K
      Runtime
      1h 31m
      Sound Mix
      Surround