Silence Becomes You (2005)

I love this movie so much

the audience applauded

That was an excellent one.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

For me, 'Silence Becomes You' is an example of why the production period in filming is so important.The idea itself is a very interesting one: Two sisters, haunted by the memory of their eccentric father, decide to ensnare a drifter for an unspecified purpose.It is an intriguing setup, that has potential to go into some very spine-chilling directions - and to the film's credit, when it does it is not only suspenseful but wonderfully surreal.The problem, however, is that what happens in-between these moments are disjointed with what seem to be big chunks of the story left out - implied supernatural elements that don't go anywhere & shifts in tone and mood that immediately deflate whatever tension was built up, among other things. The fact that there was a planned plot twist (in which the father would be revealed to be still alive) that got cut due to time restraints, is to me further proof that the film is not so much pretentious but incomplete.All that aside, the film is skillfully edited and beautifully shot. Leigh Lawson is nothing short of magnificent as the enigmatic father, standing out in the limited time he is on screen as a half-mad mix of Orson Welles and John Huston that was a delight to watch every time he appeared.While it is far from being a magnificent film, the bones of one are most definitely in there. Given a little more time in production (and perhaps a slight trimming down on it's more eccentric ideas), I have no doubt the 'Silence Becomes You' would have been a very successful first movie for the director.

The thing I truly disliked about this film was all the loose ends that were never tied up. Were the girls psychically linked to each other, or was the redhead just able to do voodoo on Alicia (like when she burnt her picture and Alicia felt it). And what was up with their parents? I got the feeling that something really evil went down in that house. Like their mother was murdered or something, yet they never explain. ALso, what was with Alicia's reaction when the blonde guy was playing around with the dead mother's things. And don't get me started on the dad. He dressed like a magician, and the whole thing he kept saying about "lead to gold, lead to gold"...I'm still confused on that part. Also, the paintings that moved around, and were moaning when the fire broke out. Was that house under some kind of spell or were the girls just stir crazy from being locked up? Oh, and they never fully explained what "the plan" was that the girls had. Was it just to get one of them knocked up by some random guy? Needless to say, I am still scratching my head over this mess!

Silence Becomes You was most likely one of the worst movies that I have seen of all time. The cast did a wonderful job, however the plot was confusing and not very entertaining. The picture and quality of the movie overall was good, however the messy plot, and the confusing events don't make up for the time I lost watching the movie. If the events weren't so scrambled, and more was explained, I feel the movie could have been a hell of a lot more interesting. I watched the movie, sadly, three times, just to understand the little bit of sense in which I made of it, and honestly, the only way I would ever watch this movie again is if I were to get it for free, or if I was locked in a windowless room for the rest of my life with nothing else to do.

What happens when a set of poorly dressed twins allow a wandering psycho to stay in their creepy mansion? A whole lotta wackiness! This movie leaves the viewer questioning many things. Such as... why do these people NEVER leave their house? Why do they want to sacrifice each other? Why was this movie EVER made? This is honestly one of the worst movies ever created. It makes absolutely no sense, the characters have no depth, and Alicia Silverstone's childlike voice and "quirky" expressions stopped being cute sometime in the late nineties. On the plus side, it was actually SO shockingly horrible, I forced a few friends to watch it, just for a good laugh. So, if you like movies that try way too hard to have a "gothic" vibe, starring has-been and little known actors, then this is a film for you!