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The Quiet Room (1996)
A miraculous visit into the mind of a child
24 November 1999 - 14 out of 14 users found this review helpful.
I got "The Quiet Room" on the basis of the cover in the video store. It was a risk and a risk that was absolutely worth taking.
There are few films that attempt to understand the thinking of a kid. There are even fewer films that have an actor that can portray it. In this film there are both.
There is nothing cutesy here. The girl, a seven year old, has decided not to speak because of the conflict between her parents. That's essentially it. But there is so much in the honesty of the child's monologue that resonates with any person who has been a child trying to understand the irrational world of grownups.
This film is brilliant.
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