5/08/2009

Silent Fall (1994)

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"Abuse victims make the best actors."

When a married couple is found brutally stabbed to death in the bedroom of their posh Maryland home, the only witnesses are their older teenage daughter Silvie Warden (Liv Tyler) who apparently was also attacked but remembers nothing and their young autistic son Tim (Ben Faulkner) who can't communicate any information worth using in solving the case.

Sheriff Mitch Rivers (J.T. Walsh) calls his old friend Jake Ranier (Richard Dreyfuss), a former child psychiatrist, in on the case in hopes of breaking the barrier surrounding the young boy.

Also appearing are Linda Hamilton as Jake's wife; John Lithgow as a child psychologist who wants to use drugs to get the boy to reveal information; and Zahn McClarnon as Deputy Bear.

Directed by Bruce Beresford.

Run time: 1 hour, 41 minutes

Rated R.

My personal rating: B-

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