A Deadly Silence

Calling this bad would be an understatement. Nothing about this total joke of a film was redeemable: the plot was the definition of wasted potential, the acting was bland and cardboard, and to top it off, the characters were nothing but unlikeable. If any of the characters died I wouldn't care. The movie is nothing but one long, meaningless, self-centered, waste of an hour and a half. For crying out loud, even Daneboe (the guy who created the Annoying Orange) made content with more meaning than this mess. This movie is the 1980's version of r/im14andthisisdeep, with the same pretentious, pseudo-deep sentiment.

It was a serious film, the story is very sad and also horrible. The fact no one else reported the man abusing his daughter is shocking. Although a disturbing story, the silly hairstyle worn by the brother was distracting and quite ridiculous.

The brother with the wig is worth watching. Also Ross from "Friends" does a stand up job. Sad it's a true story, I wonder if the brother's hair looked like that in the real victims. All and all it's alright, watch it with your lady.

Made for tv thriller connoisseurs wont find a whole lot in this mid film - highlights include and are limited to seeing David Schwimmer who is obviously not 19 say "i'm 19" , and for marvelling at that other dudes hair. I know it was 1989 but i'm not sure that really explains the cut / style on this guys head. He appeared in court with this hair, completely seriously. No one laughs at him in the movie. I don't think i was supposed to be thinking about that dudes hair so much, but the rest of the film was totally overshadowed, not like it really takes much to forget the writing and acting. But i will never forget seeing david schwimmer attempt at drama and seriously say "i'm 19" or that other dudes hair, so i guess it has more going for it than some other tv thrillers of the era. Maybe this movie is ten stars for emotional impact, not because of the subject covered, but for that dudes hair and david schwimmer saying "I'm 19"

Incest is a taboo in our society. We don't talk about it and we certainly don't make movies about it, unless they're porn efforts. (You wouldn't believe the ghastly stuff that turns up when you do a search under "incest" which I had to do here because I had failed to get the title.) Yet incest also happens in our society, too often if this film's statistics are to be believed. This is a screen polemic obviously designed to focus on the problem and those afflicted by it. But it still is a gripping, well done drama with some excellent courtroom scenes and no pulled punches. Yet it is compassionate and realistic, stooping neither to sensation nor preaching. It makes its several points very effectively! The producers deserve tremendous credit for tackling this delicate topic, even as a promotional effort. I'm sure it prompted people to seek assistance when it first was done in '89 and, most recently, when it was shown on A&E.