Really only works if you're willing to set aside any contradicting or convoluted narrative elements, at least offering up some effective atmosphere.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2023

For what feels like a very long 85-minute runtime, we’re right there with Olsen, tolerating genre clichés that can’t be made up for with flashy editing or a good performance.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 22, 2023

A flawed film with a near flawless performance by Olsen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 23, 2020

[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 26, 2019

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

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

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.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 6, 2019

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 8, 2019

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2017

As a technical experiment in real time cinema, Silent House is fascinating, but it fails as both an interesting story and a visceral experience.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 25, 2013

Although it has plenty of atmosphere and tense moments, Silent House is ultimately lacking in every other department.

| Original Score: 4.5/10 | Oct 12, 2012

Moviegoers looking for a unique horror-thriller experience, who find the "real time" premise intriguing, are likely to enjoy Silent House in spite of its flaws.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2012

[Elizabeth Olsen's] impressive portrayal - and even an admittedly interesting overall conclusion - just isn't enough to rescue a film that is literally agonising to watch.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 13, 2012

As Trish declared to Darry in Jeepers Creepers: 'You know the part in scary movies when somebody does something really stupid, and everybody hates them for it?' This is littered with those moments.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 25, 2012

A skillful thriller with something unexpectedly insidious on its mind.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 22, 2012

While the movie delivers fantastic atmosphere and some effective scares, there are many missed opportunities where the camera doesn't catch the moments with the most impact.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 22, 2012

Interesting one-take cinematography and a great performance by Elizabeth Olsen are very nearly ruined by a muddled story that leaves little room for replay value.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 23, 2012

The gap between technological fetishism and story craft now has a name: Olsen's Cleavage.

| May 6, 2012

In this version transposed to the States it loses whatever claims to individuality it once had as well as wasting the talent of Elizabeth Olsen.

| May 5, 2012

Elizabeth Olsen is perfectly committed to her role, yet once you get past the technical wizardry, it - like the Uruguayan original - quickly becomes tedious.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 5, 2012