For me, 'Silence Becomes You' is an example of why the production period in filming is so important.The idea itself is a very interesting one: Two sisters, haunted by the memory of their eccentric father, decide to ensnare a drifter for an unspecified purpose.It is an intriguing setup, that has potential to go into some very spine-chilling directions - and to the film's credit, when it does it is not only suspenseful but wonderfully surreal.The problem, however, is that what happens in-between these moments are disjointed with what seem to be big chunks of the story left out - implied supernatural elements that don't go anywhere & shifts in tone and mood that immediately deflate whatever tension was built up, among other things. The fact that there was a planned plot twist (in which the father would be revealed to be still alive) that got cut due to time restraints, is to me further proof that the film is not so much pretentious but incomplete.All that aside, the film is skillfully edited and beautifully shot. Leigh Lawson is nothing short of magnificent as the enigmatic father, standing out in the limited time he is on screen as a half-mad mix of Orson Welles and John Huston that was a delight to watch every time he appeared.While it is far from being a magnificent film, the bones of one are most definitely in there. Given a little more time in production (and perhaps a slight trimming down on it's more eccentric ideas), I have no doubt the 'Silence Becomes You' would have been a very successful first movie for the director.

Two sisters, Violet (Alicia Silverstone) and Grace (Sienna Guillory), very bounded to each other, live in an old mansion with ghosts of their past. Violet meets Luke (Joe Anderson) in a bar, and brings him to her mansion. Along the days, she seduces him, and they have sex many times as part of a plot with Grace. When Luke decides to leave the house with Violet, Grace tries to avoid, and Luke finds that they are trapped in the place.This lame film gave me the sensation that a part is missing. I saw it on DVD, but if it was on VHS, I would believe that the tape might have broken and missed the part with the explanation of the plot of Grace and Violet. I am not sure if the screenplay is awful, or the characters are badly developed or both, but I was not able to understand the confuse story. The soundtrack in many parts is annoying, Alicia Silverstone is not sexy in the sex scenes, therefore nothing but the beautiful cinematography works in this awful direction. I would not recommend this flick even in a rainy and boring Saturday afternoon in Rio de Janeiro. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Vítima da Sedução" ("Victim of the Seduction")

The thing I truly disliked about this film was all the loose ends that were never tied up. Were the girls psychically linked to each other, or was the redhead just able to do voodoo on Alicia (like when she burnt her picture and Alicia felt it). And what was up with their parents? I got the feeling that something really evil went down in that house. Like their mother was murdered or something, yet they never explain. ALso, what was with Alicia's reaction when the blonde guy was playing around with the dead mother's things. And don't get me started on the dad. He dressed like a magician, and the whole thing he kept saying about "lead to gold, lead to gold"...I'm still confused on that part. Also, the paintings that moved around, and were moaning when the fire broke out. Was that house under some kind of spell or were the girls just stir crazy from being locked up? Oh, and they never fully explained what "the plan" was that the girls had. Was it just to get one of them knocked up by some random guy? Needless to say, I am still scratching my head over this mess!

Silence Becomes You was most likely one of the worst movies that I have seen of all time. The cast did a wonderful job, however the plot was confusing and not very entertaining. The picture and quality of the movie overall was good, however the messy plot, and the confusing events don't make up for the time I lost watching the movie. If the events weren't so scrambled, and more was explained, I feel the movie could have been a hell of a lot more interesting. I watched the movie, sadly, three times, just to understand the little bit of sense in which I made of it, and honestly, the only way I would ever watch this movie again is if I were to get it for free, or if I was locked in a windowless room for the rest of my life with nothing else to do.