Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin'ya Tsukamoto |
| Director |
Martin Scorsese |
| Screenplay | Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese, from the novel by Shûsaku Endô |
| Music | Kathryn Kluge, Kim Allen Kluge |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2016 |
| Produced by | Cappa Defina Productions, CatchPlay, EFO Films, Fábrica de Cine, SharpSword Films, Sikelia Productions, Verdi Productions, Waypoint Entertainment |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Low-impact, frequent, historical |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong impact, frequent, disturbing |
| Prejudice | Low impact, frequent, historical |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for some disturbing violent content |
| Runtime | 161 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Todd McCarthy  A searching exploration of religious beliefs. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Onthutsende, historiese en spirituele reis. | 20 | |
| Cape Times Unknown | 15 | |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy Overall, I found Silence interesting, but it’s often slow and repetitive, and another trip (or two or three) through the editing process could have made this a much tighter and likely more effective offering. | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 48 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 216 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Silence ends Martin Scorsese’s decades-long creative quest with a thoughtful, emotionally resonant look at spirituality and human nature that stands among the director’s finest works. | 17 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Scorsese’s difficult, gory, but magnificent religious epic. | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 177 users | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 21420 users | 14 | |
| Internet 39528 Netizens Scorsese Does it Again!!! | 15 | |
Average .. 80% | 16 | |