Silence Becomes You

R 4.1
2005 1 hr 28 min Fantasy , Drama , Horror , Thriller , Romance

Two sisters, Grace and Violet, bound together by more than blood, live a reclusive life in a large mansion, detached from society and reality too. They have a plan. It's hardly conventional, but the outcome nine months later is all that counts. Whatever they do they must not fall in love with the man that they choose to ensnare. Set in contemporary New England.

  • Cast:
    Alicia Silverstone , Sienna Guillory , Joe Anderson , Leigh Lawson

Reviews

Solemplex
2005/12/13

To me, this movie is perfection.

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PiraBit
2005/12/14

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

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InformationRap
2005/12/15

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Josephina
2005/12/16

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Armand
2005/12/17

same recipes. interesting atmosphere. and only sin is the too large ambition of director to present more than it is reasonable in this case. result - a not coherent story. seductive images and a thin plot. the atmosphere seems more important than story. every image, every reference is pillar for a dark portrait who has not beginning or end. and that is the basic problem because the entire work is almost a web without spider. the acting is prisoner of plot. and the plot is confuse and chaotic. short, a nice film and for the fans of genre a good oasis. but it is not enough. maybe, for possibilities of subject. and for actors who deserve better roles and opportunities to do a work with reasonable result.

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howieroarkd
2005/12/18

I watched this on a lark on Showtime when I got home from work to kill a little time before bed. The description made it sound like an interesting taut thriller. Instead I was subjected to a meandering goofy ill-conceived premise with no meaty plot, but lots of artsy cinema shots.This movie had that sort of pretentious "if you are smart enough you'll read our minds to get something from this drivel" delivery that I often got in college from overzealous gender-studies or other irrelevant liberal arts classes. You know the ones, they put half a breast on a piece of paper and you're supposed to get that it symbolizes a repressed woman held under a sheet of ice under the Eiffel Tower by Neptune-"how can you not see that? You must be stupid!"Avoid this unless you REALLY REALLY want to see the actress who plays Grace "grace" you with her pleasant to look at upper half. Be forewarned, you'll have to get through about 3/5 of the movie to get there. Tivo it and fast forward. I'm only giving it a two for the assets you get to see about 3/5 of the way through the movie. Fast-forward is your friend!

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summoner131
2005/12/19

At the time I write this comment, Silence Becomes You only have 3.5* , but it bases on opinion of a few people (in IMDb, 250 can be a few)so don't trust the number 3.5 if you want to watch an arty , indie film . Some guys here said that it's only look-a-like-arty but this statement only show that they don't know what is art or they just don't care anything when they didn't like a movie .In my opinion, every movie that can make me fell interested till the ending credit in a good movie. This movie did . Just like many indie films that some time have plot less scripts (this film's not) can put ending in everywhere but keep inside great emotion , have talented idea in prohibiting the theme (maybe very ordinary), show responsibility and thoughts in cinematography and soundtrack. Silence Become You is dark, is Gothic , is fantasy, is surreal and touching , truly romantic and sometime disturbing a little . Although its story is very simple but it isn't dumb. It's a gem with beautiful set (victorian interior with color scheme look like oil painting ), high quality pictures and awesome soundtrack .I won't say that this film's perfect but it's a completely worth seeing movie and being underrated.

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Raine Cadbury
2005/12/20

It was an interesting premise for a movie, however, it had the tendency to lose it's impetus by attempting to be too art house. It captured the interest by keeping the watcher intent on working out exactly who was trying to achieve what and with whom but, more importantly why? It made for a kind of Charmed meets tortured soul effect, not, it has to be said a great combination for a movie. The dynamic of the sisters with their warped control freak father was nicely worked, leaving the watcher to draw their own conclusions about exactly what he got up to when mom wasn't looking.Interesting boho kitsch costume for the girls and a nice stud muffin too!

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