In the present drama, nature is also presented as a new possibility, as a rebirth. Running in the middle of the field represents for Cáit the emergence of another reality, the possibility of free will, the opportunity for change, for flourishing freedom.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Aug 22, 2024

Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl is one of 2022’s best films so far, thanks to its moving narrative, perfectly realised performances and evocative cinematography.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2024

“The Quiet Girl” is a perfect example about how an old-fashioned movie does not have to feel dated.

| Jun 2, 2024

The Quiet Girl is a heartbreaking tale but the rare snatches of beauty we sometimes encounter in this world are worth all of the heartbreak and then some.

| May 16, 2024

The film offers a unique experience as Cáit delves into this unknown world [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: B | Jan 3, 2024

This is filmmaking at its most alchemical, turning every ingredient to gold -- even if it is green, the vivid color of the lush trees everywhere on the Kinsellas’ farm, that is the color lingering behind your eyelids as the credits roll.

| Oct 21, 2023

In "The Quiet Girl", an adaptation of a short-story about a girl who is taken in by distant relatives, director Colm Báiread manages to reproduce a delicate melancholy without falling into melodramatic bullshit. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 3, 2023

The Quiet Girl is a really moving drama that knows how to communicate beyond words. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 7, 2023

The Quiet Girl is a small film that gets rid of dialogue and moves us through a refined cinematic language. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 31, 2023

The Quiet Girl is an intellectual film but by no means ascetic. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 17, 2023

Like its protagonist, the movie is also calm and quiet. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 17, 2023

For as gentle and earnest as The Quiet Girl is, the film is full of rage. An angry plea to give a damn about kids and to treat them with as much kindness as humanly possible. That is the bare minimum.

| Jul 24, 2023

There are no heavy hands here, from the thoughtful and poignant work of the cast to the dramatic beats of the story; it stirs up base questions about nature and nurture... and asks pointedly where Cait – and possibly any of us – truly belongs.

| Jul 10, 2023

... A film made up of details, little moments that encapsulate the internal emotional currents of its characters. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 8, 2023

The Quiet Girl is an impeccably made film, mysterious and harsh in its revelations, among which a disenchanted idea stands out... "you don't always find happiness with your biological family." [Full review in Spanish]

| May 15, 2023

What’s most remarkable about “The Quiet Girl” is the detail Bairéad imbues to the Irish country life, and the emotional specificity he delivers in every scene.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 23, 2023

The film really shows a sense of realism as the girl adjusts to her surroundings and the relatives go about their day. It is also beautifully shot.

| Apr 22, 2023

I'd assumed this was a story about a girl who doesn’t speak. ... That isn’t, thank goodness, the case! This is a movie about the extraordinary power of people who have the patience and generosity to listen to the soft-spoken, the uncertain, the insecure.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 11, 2023

Beautifully restrained yet emotionally resonant...a lovely, touching little film that says more through hushed understatement than most do with frenzied melodramatic excess.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 4, 2023

simple and beautiful in its moving evocation of human experience and the depth of its belief in the transformative power of human kindness

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 27, 2023