Soft & Quiet

Soft & Quiet
Soft & Quiet
Directed by	Beth de Araújo
Written by	Beth de Araújo
Produced by	Josh Peters; Saba Zerehi; Joshua Beirne-Golden; Beth de Araújo;
Starring	Stefanie Estes; Olivia Luccardi;
Cinematography	Greta Zozula
Edited by	Lindsay Armstrong
Music by	Miles Ross
Production; companies	Blumhouse Productions; Second Grade Teacher Productions;
Distributed by	Momentum Pictures
Release dates	March 12, 2022 (SXSW); November 4, 2022 (United States);
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Soft & Quiet is a 2022 American horror thriller film written, produced and directed by Beth de Araújo in her directorial debut. It stars Stefanie Estes and Olivia Luccardi. Jason Blum serves as an executive producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner.

The film premiered in the narrative competition at South by Southwest Film Festival on March 12, 2022.^[1]^[2] It is scheduled to be released on November 4, 2022, by Momentum Pictures.

Premise

A single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher as she organizes a mixer of like-minded women. When the group heads home, the teacher encounters a woman from her past, leading to a volatile chain of events.

Cast

Stefanie Estes as Emily
Olivia Luccardi as Leslie
Eleanore Pienta as Marjorie
Dana Millican as Kim
Melissa Paulo as Anne
Jon Beavers as Craig
Cissy Ly as Lily
Nina E. Jordan as Nora
Rebekah Wiggins as Alice
Jayden Leavitt as Brian
Jovita Molina as Maria
Shannon Mahoney as Jessica

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The website's consensus reads, "A painfully timely horror-fueled thriller, Soft & Quiet forces the viewer to confront the ugly underbelly of modern American race relations."^[3] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 83 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[4]

References

^ Galuppo, Mia (2022-02-02). "SXSW: Atlanta Season Opener, Nicolas Cage Film Unbearable Weight Set for Fest". Hollywood Reporter.
^ "2022 SXSW Film Festival Lineup".
^ "Soft & Quiet (2022)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ "Soft & Quiet Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

External links

Soft & Quiet at IMDb

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[1] Galuppo, Mia (2022-02-02). "SXSW: Atlanta Season Opener, Nicolas Cage Film Unbearable Weight Set for Fest". Hollywood Reporter.

[2] "2022 SXSW Film Festival Lineup".

[3] "Soft & Quiet (2022)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[4] "Soft & Quiet Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

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