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Silent Hill (2006)
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Reviews Counted:89
Fresh:26
Rotten:63
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Silent Hill is visually impressive, but as with many video game adaptations, it’s plagued by inane dialogue, a muddled plot, and an overlong runtime.
Theatrical Release: Apr 21, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $47M
Synopsis: The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the... [More]
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Christophe Gans
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REVIEWS FOR SILENT HILL
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Jul 6, 2010
Visually arresting but only sporadically enthralling.
Jan 22, 2010
I wouldn't rush to see it again, but I would definitely recommend it...
Apr 29, 2009
Whilst not as atrocious as some other films that have opened this year, the truely woeful story and quality of Silent is saved only by its occasion moments of visual flair, and its all over effective creepy atmosphere.
Jan 15, 2008
When everything starts being explained, the mystery evaporates and the world of the game loses its eerie bafflement.
Oct 31, 2007
The latest, most ambitious and perhaps least comprehensible video game adaptation in recent memory.
Jul 14, 2007
If you like your nightmares served upfront without the clutter of dramatic structure, then Silent Hill should be your next stop.
Jul 10, 2007
although it is rarely if ever jump-out-of-your-seat scary, Silent Hill is an unremittingly creepy municipality of the mind where motherhood, mystery and madness have come home to stay.
Jun 15, 2007
Silent Hill starts out at point A and then goes so quickly, loudly and visually over-the-top that it flies completely off the rails into its own glorious weirdness.
Mar 24, 2007
Director Christophe Gans charges, hell-bent, right over the plot and winds up with not much more than an oppressive 125-minute running time.
Sep 8, 2006
More deadly than silent.
Aug 25, 2006
Over long with a muddled story and a gaggle of wasted talent, Silent Hill is a spectacular misfire.
Aug 25, 2006
As a fluke, I took my mom (also named Rose) to the screening. She doesn't like SF or horror and doesn't even know what a video game is, yet she ended up really liking it! How weird is that?
Aug 23, 2006
the closest you’ll get to actually having a nightmare in a movie theatre outside of a midnight screening of David Lynch’s Eraserhead.
Aug 21, 2006
There's absolutely nothing of merit here to discuss other than its loyalty to the original source material.
Aug 19, 2006
While Gans admittedly shows us some pretty spooky stuff, his energy begins to flag somewhere around the 60-minute mark.
Jul 13, 2006
As a nightmarish vision of hell on earth, Silent Hill is a triumph of production and art design. As a coherent story, it's little more than a string of video game scenarios.
May 13, 2006
Silent Hill is like an endurance test to get to the “'truth', but it's ultimately a gyp because it still doesn't make sense when you get there.
May 13, 2006
Just like the game, which is an achievement and a disappointment all in one.
May 11, 2006
LATEST NEWS FOR SILENT HILL
September 15, 2009:
Silent Hill Sequel in the Works
The studio that produced the original hasn't confirmed involvement, but the producer and screenwriter of "Silent Hill" are reuniting for a sequel.
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July 20, 2007:
Silent Hill 2 Loses Director and Writer
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June 1, 2007:
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April 26, 2007:
Box Office Guru Preview: Just What Moviegoers Want, Another Nic Cage Action Flick
For the fourth consecutive weekend, four or more new wide releases will cram into multiplexes trying to get at their piece of a dwindling box office pie.
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