The Quiet Girl review: well-meaning film needs to make a little noise

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Ireland’s Best International Feature Film Oscar nominee about a young girl escaping her dysfunctional family looks pretty but says too little

benefits from the protagonist’s narration, but writer-director Bairéad foregoes voiceover, preferring to illustrate her descriptions visually. These work best as insert shots of fragmented textual details like wallpaper, leaves, and dust cakes courtesy of cinematographer Kate McCullough. But without Cáit’s introspection and editorializing of details, we can’t make out the significance of these vignettes.

At this point, we’re unsure if he welcomes her presence at all, though later we learn that everyone in the film is repressed to an extent—but we can’t tell whether that’s cultural or if Bairéad is just maladroit at directing actors. In another scene, Seán nudges Eibhlín to take Cáit to town and shop for new dresses. He even offers her some pocket money for an ice cream bar.

 

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: ‘Sure, ‘The Quiet Girl’ is brilliant and stuff, but what it really needs is some Michael Bay explosions and it’s characters to speak American!’

A voiceover! Hahaha! 'Yeahhhhh, that's me. 'The Quiet Girl'. That's what they used to call me. Quiet by name, quiet by nature. I suppose you're wondering why I was always so quiet. Well listen up and I'll

An ill-meaning review making bad noise. It suggests that languages in danger of extinction / children suffering neglect qualify as the lowest stakes? Some cruel abuse with the suggestion that Catherine Clinch has nothing but a blank face. She is brilliant. Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

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