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Mute Witness

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Mute Witness (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 18

Fresh: 14

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Billy is a make-up artist working on a low-budget thriller being made by a group of young Americans in Moscow. She is also mute. One night when she returns to the studio to retrieve some work, she... Billy is a make-up artist working on a low-budget thriller being made by a group of young Americans in Moscow. She is also mute. One night when she returns to the studio to retrieve some work, she witnesses her fellow production crew shooting a snuff film. Later, they claim the murder was fake, but Billy is not convinced. She doggedly pursues the case while trying to protect her life, which is slowly being drawn deeper into the web of the Russian underworld. [More]

Starring: Marina Sudina, Evan Richards, Fay Ripley, Oleg Jankowski

Starring: Marina Sudina, Evan Richards, Fay Ripley, Oleg Jankowski

Director: Anthony Waller

Director: Anthony Waller

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Waller's witty, well-crafted yet unpretentious thriller--about American youths who make a movie in Moscow and get involved with the underworld--is a seductive piece of filmmaking that should keep viewers hyperventilating to the last reel.

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Derek Adams
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Great suspense thriller.

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Cole Smithey
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Once you see it, you'll have an enthusiastic new response when people ask you "Hmm, what's a good horror movie I've never seen?"

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Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

A Sam Raimi wannabe that doesn't always strike the right balance of humor to thrills, but comes close

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01/22/03
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Gets off to a great, scary start, but then turns silly and comical, breaking the film's tone of dread.

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