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Silent House is more technically proficient and ambitious than most fright-fests, but it also suffers from a disappointing payoff.
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It's still atmospheric enough, and like the original, has a quasi-theatrical event status. But it feels like a copy. May 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's still atmospheric enough, and like the original, has a quasi-theatrical event status. But it feels like a copy.
Peter Bradshaw
Olsen's brilliantly nervy and detailed performance deserved a flick that knew how to house it. May 3, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Olsen's brilliantly nervy and detailed performance deserved a flick that knew how to house it.
Tim Robey
Ludicrous and offensive in equal measure. Avoid. May 3, 2012 | Rating: 1/5
Ludicrous and offensive in equal measure. Avoid.
Matthew Thrift
Filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau ('Open Water') should have plugged the original's plot holes and straightened out its logic. May 1, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Filmmakers Chris Kentis and Laura Lau ('Open Water') should have plugged the original's plot holes and straightened out its logic.
Nigel Floyd
The camera's unblinking eye constantly stays with Olsen, and we feel in as much danger as she is. Mar 9, 2012 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
The camera's unblinking eye constantly stays with Olsen, and we feel in as much danger as she is.
Ian Buckwalter
It's Olsen's performance that makes Sarah's plight matter. And the actress proves that her mesmerizing turn in last fall's Martha Marcy May Marlene -- about a woman on the lam from a cult -- wasn't a fluke. Mar 9, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
It's Olsen's performance that makes Sarah's plight matter. And the actress proves that her mesmerizing turn in last fall's Martha Marcy May Marlene -- about a woman on the lam from a cult -- wasn't a fluke.
Lisa Kennedy
[W]hen you plug in the casting and acting, the ambient fear and suspense so excellently technically created, falls silent with lacking performances. And ultimately, in light of current news events, slips to levels of cheap disdain with the big reveal. Nov 25, 2019 | Full Review…
[W]hen you plug in the casting and acting, the ambient fear and suspense so excellently technically created, falls silent with lacking performances. And ultimately, in light of current news events, slips to levels of cheap disdain with the big reveal.
Debbie Lynn Elias
The tension of Olsen's virtually uncut performance becomes a big part of the suspense. And that performance, which dominates every frame, is a tour de force. Jul 31, 2019 | Full Review…
The tension of Olsen's virtually uncut performance becomes a big part of the suspense. And that performance, which dominates every frame, is a tour de force.
Brian D. Johnson
There's a lot to admire with this remake, which does play better than the original, and manages to showcase a talented young actress's abilities. Jul 9, 2019 | Full Review…
There's a lot to admire with this remake, which does play better than the original, and manages to showcase a talented young actress's abilities.
Nicholas Bell
To explain what goes wrong cinematically would involve spoilers, but suffice to say, at least in this version, the finale not only doesn't work, it diminishes the effect of what precedes it. Feb 5, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
To explain what goes wrong cinematically would involve spoilers, but suffice to say, at least in this version, the finale not only doesn't work, it diminishes the effect of what precedes it.
Abbie Bernstein
Olsen's performance is a worthy draw, yet even despite her best efforts, Silent House remains an intangible folly, caught between atmospheric chiller and inconsequential farce. Jan 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Olsen's performance is a worthy draw, yet even despite her best efforts, Silent House remains an intangible folly, caught between atmospheric chiller and inconsequential farce.
Daniel Green
Silent House is less of a Boo! Monster! type of horror film and more of an intense psychological thriller that genuinely manages to keep you guessing. Sep 28, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Silent House is less of a Boo! Monster! type of horror film and more of an intense psychological thriller that genuinely manages to keep you guessing.
Yasmin Shehab
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