The Silent Twins

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The Silent Twins

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Released Sep 16, 2022

1h 52m

Drama

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THE SILENT TWINS is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book The Silent Twins, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

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Although it struggles to really get inside the true story that inspired it, The Silent Twins is still a well-acted and poignant dramatization of actual events.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

As a larger statement about the ways in which outsiders and marginalised people are crushed by our world, it hits the nail right on the head.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Amon Warmann

Empire Magazine

Some wonderful visual flourishes and two brilliant central performances by Wright and Lawrence help to illuminate the Gibbons sisters’ headspaces. But without important context, true insight and understanding remains elusive.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 14, 2022

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

It’s hard not to be moved by how smoothly Smoczyńska drifts away from the biopic elements of Andrea Seigel’s screenplay to instead inhabit the rich, internal world the Gibbons occupied.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 13, 2022

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Giuseppe Sedia

Kino Mania

[The film] is a stylistically lopsided but concise piece of cinema that marks a more-than-welcome return to the witty camp of [Smoczyńska’s] debut feature As a cinematically fresh plastic flower bouquet [it] has something to say to every type of audience

Rated: 3/5

Jan 21, 2025

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

Given the mental health issues raised, “Silent Twins” can at times be an uncomfortable, grueling movie to watch. Unlike in Jeff Malmberg’s documentary “Marwencol” (2010) or the British series “Chewing Gum” (2015-2017), the audience gets no palate-cleansin

Rated: 2/4

Jun 9, 2024

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Prabhjot Bains

Tilt Magazine

Heart-breaking on the surface but utterly boring where it counts.

Nov 2, 2023

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Lucille T

Incredible film! It explores the life and mental controlling of two youngsters - fraternal twins - who chose to treat the world with silence instead of communication. It almost feels like it is one person with dual personalities - but - no, it is twins. The world does not understand them - cannot fathom how to accept nor treat them - and how they took their innermost thoughts and reactions to the written word to its limits by being published authors. It was almost as if they were mutes - who heard the world but chose to avoid it until they 'came of age' and started to experiment in hostile and aggressive manners. A rebellion from duo from childhood - it is a remarkable work that had me spellbound.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/22

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Marc

Good movie, enjoyed the creativity in bringing this story to life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/22

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James S

I thought that The Silent Twins was one of the worst movies I have ever watched. I could not watch the entire movie. My wife and I had to leave. It was that painful to watch. The movie took far too long to identify the plot and the intent of the main characters. We asked for a movie credit and the Bowtie Cinemas manager in Richmond, Virginia refused to give us one. We finally had the courage to start coming back out again due to the pandemic, and this is the negative experience that we experienced. A simple movie credit is not too much to ask. We didnt ask for a refund after watching a junk movie!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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Susan

Excellent acting, absorbing story. Authentic.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/24/22

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Cassandra

I enjoyed this movie, It's a definite most see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/22

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Kelvin G

The performances by the leads were extremely good but this movie was really hard to like. The main characters were clearly in need of help were extremely unlikable through the entirety of the movie. It's another based on movie that illustrates the mental struggles that often accompany being very creative, as well as how the system wasn't really built to help people like them at the time.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/22/22

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Agnieszka Smoczynska

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Letitia Wright

June Gibbons

Tamara Lawrance

Jennifer Gibbons

Nadine Marshall

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Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn

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Declan Joyce

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THE SILENT TWINS is the astounding true story of twin sisters who only communicated with one another. As a result, they created a rich, fascinating world to escape the reality of their own lives. Based on the best-selling book The Silent Twins, the film stars Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance.

Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Producer: Klaudia Śmieja, Joshua Horsfield, Ben Pugh, Ewa Puszczyńska, Anita Gou, Alicia Van Couvering, Letitia Wright
Screenwriter: Andrea Seigel
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Kindred Spirit, 42, 30West, Madants, Universal Studios
Rating: R (Drug Use|Disturbing Material|Language|Nudity|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $186.4K
Runtime: 1h 52m

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