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      The Silent Thief

      2012 1h 44m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 36% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A manipulative drifter (Toby Hemingway) worms his way into the lives of an unstable woman and her family whose eldest son is away at college. Read More Read Less

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      Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Toby Hemingway is terrific as Brennan, weaving together what can only be described as a menacing vulnerability. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 23, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      kevin c A young man ingratiates himself into a family he is renting a room from over the holidays, but he may not be who he says he is and takes an unhealthy interest in their young adult son and his secrets. Decent little thriller that keeps you interested. Ending is a little less satisfying, but overall not a bad movie. Features Scout Taylor Compton and Kurt Fuller. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Here we have yet another example of a terrific performance wasted in an absolutely terrible film. I don't understand why certain actors continue to under value themselves and take on roles like this one. Toby Hemingway gives a tremendous performance as Brennan, a drifter who rents a room in the Henderson household. At first he seems like a normal young guy, looking for a place to stay, until it become apparent that he is obsessed with their son, Mike (Cody Longo). That's when this film turns into some strange homoerotic version of Cape Fear, but not really, because the catch is, Mike is away at college and while he's there, Brennan is hanging out with his best friend and hooking up with his little sister. Is Brennan actually gay? Does he want Mike? His life? His family? No one knows because nothing is explained! All we ever see in this film are Brennan's current actions and out of context they make absolutely no sense. This isn't one of these films where it all comes together in the end either, it just keeps getting more bizarre, but at the center of it all is Toby Hemingway. He seems to always show up to take his cloths off in bad movies, but the fact is that he's more than that guy. The part of Brennan required a wide range of emotions to be believable and Hemingway pulled it off. The only reason I even made it to the end of this awful movie was because I enjoyed his performance and was curious to see where he'd go next. It's honestly a shame that it was wasted though on just another badly written story that I guess made sense to someone. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY wannabe & twisted, looking cheap however, the ending is particularly stupid. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member As much as I love Scout Taylor-Compton, I can't endorse this film. Hemingway's character had potential, but it went untapped. Scout's character didn't have enough scenes to make her role actually believable. You know what's going to happen by the opening scene so there is no suspense. The mystery comes in the form of who Hemingway really is, but it goes unanswered. So ultimately this was an incomplete film in desperate need of editing. Sorry Scout, I'm still very much in love with you. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A manipulative drifter (Toby Hemingway) worms his way into the lives of an unstable woman and her family whose eldest son is away at college.
      Director
      Jennifer Clary
      Screenwriter
      Jennifer Clary, Kevin Haberer, Chris Sapp
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 10, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 44m