With a script that calls for much crying and lamenting, pic could have easily descended into turgid meller territory were it not for the ensemble's nuanced perfs.

| Jul 17, 2020

Although it may not fire on all cylinders, "The Silence" offers much to admire.

| Jul 17, 2020

It's a harrowing and uncertain race to avoid history repeating itself, and as the thriller elements play out the emotional peaks and valleys are still allowed room to breathe.

| Jul 17, 2020

The atmosphere - weirdly chilling in the high summer of southern Germany - is oppressive. It's the worst of cliches ... but I was on the edge of my seat until the very last.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2020

The Silence manages to cause discomfort, but doesn't quite transcend and despite that manages to remain interesting. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jul 17, 2020

The film seems to only exist to show off its design and nothing else. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2020

There is an unsettling tranquility from Thomsen's performance. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2020

An uncomfortable film that knows how to play with its twisted premise. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 17, 2020

Odar's film is an examination of 'why' terrible deeds happen, exposing a host of characters that are expertly developed, sometimes at a detriment to the pacing.

| Aug 8, 2019

The Swiss-born director Odar has created a film for the world to reckon with.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 12, 2018

Twisted, sad and undeniably disturbing, "The Silence" is a study in the sick ways of men.

| Original Score: B | Oct 31, 2013

This stylish effort from director Baran bo Odar should please fans of Scandinavian crime dramas or the British "Red Riding" trilogy.

| Original Score: B | May 17, 2013

Stunning performances and cinematography - too bad the plot machinations don't compare.

| Apr 16, 2013

If you're in the mood for an offbeat police procedural, this should be on your must-see list ... Who would have thought something this unrelievedly grim could be, at its dark heart, about unrequited love?

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 29, 2013

This is film noir at its noirest.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 29, 2013

A story of obsession, of the permanence of loss, of how deeds of the past haunt us, closing over our heads like water. It leaves you shivering, yet thrilled; waiting anxiously for this talented new filmmaker's next work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 28, 2013

Its measured pacing whispers art while its lurid subject matter screams commerce.

| Mar 28, 2013

How might criminals who get away with murder behave, the movie asks? Just like everyone else.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 28, 2013

...part police procedural and part psychological study, with more than just genre thrills to offer.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 27, 2013

The most rewarding element in the picture is the performance of the first girl's mother by Katrin Sass, who gives us quietly and darkly what it is like to live with the memory of your child's murder.

| Mar 27, 2013