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MONEY
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Shot for just $0.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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The Quiet
"Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?"
2006 1h 36m EN
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6.1
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22%
ROTTEN
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29
METACRITIC
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6.1
IMDB
★6.1TMDB · 302🥫22%Rotten Tomatoes●29Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 17,778
DramaThriller
Synopsis
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After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
“Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?”
Cast
Elisha Cuthbert
Nina Deer
Camilla Belle
Dot
Martin Donovan
Paul Deer
Edie Falco
Olivia Deer
Shawn Ashmore
Connor
Katy Mixon
Michelle Fell
David Gallagher
Brian
Shannon Woodward
Fiona
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jamie Babbit
- Writers
- Abdi Nazemian, Micah Schraft
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts 🍿
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Earned back only 42% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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ERA
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Released 20 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Jamie Babbit, shot by M. David Mullen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Jeff Rona. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Joan Sobel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle and Martin Donovan carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jamie Babbit directs. M. David Mullen behind the camera. Jeff Rona scores. Joan Sobel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $0.9M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Earned back only 42% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 3Released 20 years ago.
- 4Directed by Jamie Babbit, shot by M. David Mullen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Jeff Rona. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Joan Sobel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle and Martin Donovan carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0414951 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 10 themes, including "daughter", "depression", "parent child relationship", "deaf-mute".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- M. David Mullen
- Original score
- Jeff Rona
- Editing
- Joan Sobel
- Production design
- John Frick
- Costume design
- Aimee Kandl
- Makeup / hair
- Leisa Adcock
- Stunt coordinator
- Jeff Schwan
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $900,000
- Box office
- $381,420
- Return
- 42% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- The Quiet (2006)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 22% 🥫 Rotten
- Metacritic
- 29/100
- IMDB rating
- 6.1/10 · 17,778 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
1 win total
Also by
Jamie Babbit
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- BU
Burnt Orange Productions
- AN
Andrea Sperling Productions
US
- HO
Holly Wiersma Productions
- JO
Joel Michaely Productions
Key crew
- ProducerJoel Michaely
- Production DesignJohn Frick
- Set DecorationJames Fowler
- ProducerHolly Wiersma
- CastingBarbara Fiorentino
- ProducerCarolyn Pfeiffer
- Costume DesignAimee Kandl
- EditorJoan Sobel
- ProducerTom Schatz
- ProducerAndrea Sperling
- CastingRebecca Mangieri
- Key Hair StylistLeisa Adcock
- Associate ProducerElisha Cuthbert
- Makeup Department HeadDionne Pitsikoulis
- Music SupervisorRoanna Gillespie
- Associate ProducerAbdi Nazemian
- Associate ProducerMicah Schraft
- Script SupervisorAnne Carr
- Key Makeup ArtistJanet Tallent-Dickson
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistBecki Drake
- First Assistant DirectorDaniel J. Shaw
- Stunt CoordinatorJeff Schwan
- Costume DesignerKathryn Nixon
- Title DesignerDavid Tecson
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- daughter
- depression
- parent child relationship
- deaf-mute
- bullying
- high school sports
- attempted rape
- incest
- woman director
- swear
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2006-08-25R
Also known as
International titles
- The Quiet – Stummer SchreiDE
- O ihos tou tromouGR
- La calmaPA
- DotUS
- La calmaMX
- La calmaSV
