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No matter how much hair and makeup I do, it's not going to happen." Cuthbert ultimately agreed to take the role, though she initially found it difficult to connect with: "I had a healthy childhood. That was a conflict for me because I had nothing to draw on for this character. Everything about this character made no sense in some ways. Everything about me wanted to defend myself and stand up for myself, but I couldn't do that for the character because this is all she knows. It was challenging."
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that she has a secret to show him; she proceeds to approach him with the hot iron to burn his face, but is interrupted when Dot returns home. Nina puts the iron down, and instead lies to her father that she is pregnant and needs a thousand dollars for an abortion. He agrees to give Nina the money the next day.
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wrote that it is "a terrible example of what can happen when the wrong sets of talented people get together. It isn't convincing as talky psychological realism or as high-school satire or as ghoulish forbidden melodrama, although Belle and
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dropped out of the project. Babbit reasoned that "To me, Dot has to be someone you could believe would be invisible in high school. You look at Elisha, this beautiful woman with the most perfect body you've ever seen and you think, there's no high school in
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Michelle arrives at the house to pick Nina and Dot up. The two quickly change their dresses, which are soaked in blood, and leave. At the dance, Dot reveals to Connor that she can hear and speak; angered by her deception, he storms away. Nina and Dot leave the dance, and walk to a riverbank in the
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and his chronic masturbation. The two proceed to have sex in the school swimming pool. Meanwhile, Nina returns home from the game and is visited by Paul in her bedroom while she irons her cheerleading uniform. Mustering the courage to proceed with the murder, Nina tells him to close his eyes, and
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and classical piano for the role, and wore no makeup for the part. She said of her part that "It was a lonely time 'cause she is a very lonely, depressing character." Cuthbert said that acting her part was complicated by Belle "not doing a whole lot in the movie, as far as dialogue goes – it was
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psychosexual excess or tongue-in-cheek malevolence... the film is derailed by its own silliness." Christy Lemire of
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The second feature film by Babbit after the 1999 comedy
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1119:""The Quiet": Dysfunctional family has the blues"
1087:"Unable to turn profit, UT rethinks film venture"
2067:"'Quiet's' film-school origins all too visible"
1706:"Silent but Deadly: Jamie Babbit's "The Quiet""
1210:Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra (December 5, 2018).
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2121:"Suspense thriller The Quiet on DVD"
2092:"TV stars make loud thud in 'Quiet'"
1704:Kaminsky, Lauren (August 21, 2006).
1645:Rooney, David (September 13, 2005).
1398:Baldwin, Aaron (February 16, 2007).
1145:Morris, Wesley (September 1, 2006).
1980:Staff, Reginald (October 3, 2006).
1867:Luce, Patrick (February 14, 2007).
1732:Valentin, Mel (September 1, 2006).
1718:from the original on March 6, 2016.
1512:Garcia, Chris (September 1, 2006).
1173:O'Hehir, Andrew (August 24, 2006).
1117:Shannon, Jeff (September 1, 2006).
909:in her close-ups." Mel Valentin of
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338:Toronto International Film Festival
2119:Luce, Patrick (December 6, 2006).
2090:Stein, Ruthe (September 1, 2006).
1575:Harrison, Eric (October 4, 2005).
1432:Guillen, Michael (July 14, 2006).
1297:Carroll, Larry (August 14, 2006).
1267:Emami, Gazelle (August 28, 2006).
1060:Joe O'Connell (January 18, 2008).
1035:Joe O'Connell (January 18, 2008).
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1966:from the original on May 7, 2019.
1609:"'The Quiet' a dramatic disaster"
1235:Brooks, Brian (August 25, 2006).
514:Twenty First Century Horror Films
2032:Vice, Jeff (September 1, 2006).
1457:Nguyen, Hanh (August 21, 2006).
475:Maria Cash as Janice Feltswatter
2065:Olsen, Mark (August 25, 2006).
1904:. Portland, Oregon. p. 31.
1522:. Austin, Texas. Archived from
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1335:Moss, Corey (April 28, 2005).
1085:Garcia, Chris (July 5, 2008).
706:Following its premiere at the
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1785:"The Quiet – Rotten Tomatoes"
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1812:"Quiet, The (2006): Reviews"
1367:Hart, Hugh (July 23, 2006).
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42:Original promotional poster.
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261:psychological thriller film
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2005:"A loud and clear failure"
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1062:"Changes in the Weather"
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1869:"DVD Review: The Quiet"
1555:Austin Business Journal
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1373:San Francisco Chronicle
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2125:Monsters & Critics
1873:Monsters & Critics
1577:"Movie star ambitions"
1175:"Beyond the Multiplex"
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686:characters’ actions."
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346:Sony Pictures Classics
170:Sony Pictures Classics
2286:But I'm a Cheerleader
1274:The Daily Californian
892:The Daily Californian
632:high-definition video
630:The film was shot in
301:But I'm a Cheerleader
2471:2000s American films
2401:American crime films
1992:on December 1, 2009.
1925:Entertainment Weekly
1744:on October 19, 2018.
1349:on February 8, 2013.
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778:Killer Movie Reviews
646:'s brooding score."
370:Meriden, Connecticut
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2131:on October 11, 2012
1952:Berardinelli, James
1932:on January 18, 2007
1918:(August 23, 2006).
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1309:on January 29, 2013
1281:on October 8, 2008.
551:After appearing in
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259:is a 2005 American
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2318:Addicted to Fresno
2310:Breaking the Girls
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764:The New York Times
567:script by writers
554:The Girl Next Door
283:. It focuses on a
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2072:Los Angeles Times
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1755:Mumpower, David.
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1487:Lemire, Christy.
1464:The Baltimore Sun
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1070:. Austin, Texas.
1045:. Austin, Texas.
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565:Sundance workshop
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