The Quiet

Director: Jamie Babbit

Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Shawn Ashmore, Katy Mixon

(Sony Pictures Classics, 2005) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 13 February 2006 (Sony)

by Jesse Hassenger

If it sounds insensitive to complain that an incest-ridden thriller isn't proper fun, you probably haven't tried to sit through this movie.
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