Once again brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne explore the moral predicaments that arise from economic desperation.
Comment
11/25/09
Lorna's Silence (2009)
86
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:83
Fresh:71
Rotten:12
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Subtle and emotionally bleak, this gripping thriller features the Dardenne brothers' recognizable penchant for realism and very strong performances.
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: The destiny of a woman caught between love and the law of the underworld. Lorna, (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has her sights set on opening a snack bar with her... [More]
Starring: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Rénier, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for Lorna's Silence
It's Lorna's evolution (charted through Dobroshi's uncompromising performance) that makes "Lorna's Silence" worth seeing. But the Dardennes shouldn't have been so deliberately stingy with the details of her story.
11/13/09
...less a character study than the apparent breaking-in of a camera crew on a sad and sordid life.
11/07/09
By scorning accessibility, the filmmakers unwittingly throw out the baby with the bathwater. After all, what's authentically human, if not high drama?
10/15/09
Mirthless and deliberately paced, there's still enough in the well-acted Lorna's Silence to make it worth listening to.
10/09/09
The Dardennes have once again captured the harsh reality of the modern underclass while also injecting a note of moral hopefulness into what might have been a bleak and heartless tale.
10/06/09
Money -- not love or family -- is the (literal) currency that motivates social behavior; human relationships are reduced to financial transactions.
10/02/09
Lorna's Silence speaks volumes.
09/25/09
A unique filmmaking style that resembles near-documentary realism. If you were not aware that this was a movie, you would think you were watching surveillance footage recorded by a sophisticated private investigation firm.
09/18/09
Offers powerful emotional impact at unexpected moments.
09/17/09
Lorna’s Silence echoes long after the movie ends.
09/11/09
With a more linear plot and steadier camerawork than previous efforts, Lorna's Silence is among the Dardennes' more accessible films, despite a drawn-out finale that still doesn't quite satisfy.
09/11/09
In a just world, the Dardenne brothers would be as well known as the Coens; outside the United States they probably are already.
09/04/09
More entertaining on a base level than a Belgian film about poor people has any right to be.
09/03/09
Lorna's Silence doesn't work, but it's a beautiful misfire.
09/03/09
As filmmakers, the Dardennes are more concerned with probing the causes of crime than in glamorizing it.
09/03/09
I could see what they were trying to do, but it was a little too artsy and didn't really work for me.
08/29/09
The Dardennes are adroit at dangling the carrot, withholding just enough of the story's particulars to keep you curious without testing your patience.
08/28/09
Lorna's Silence is an interesting and entertaining film that poses a more difficult moral dilemma than its authors might have intended.
08/28/09
In casting the previously unknown Dobroshi, the brothers approach greatness with their lean portrait of simple humanity tested by desire and driven desperate by circumstances.
08/28/09
Top CriticLatest News for Lorna's Silence
July 30, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Funny People Is Ambitious But Uneven
This week at the movies, we've got the tears of a clown (Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen), extra-terrestrial visitors upstairs (Aliens in the Attic, starring... More...
May 07, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Star Trek Is The Best-Reviewed Wide Release of 2009!
This week at the movies, we've got a brand new Enterprise (Star Trek, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto) and a failed delivery (Next Day Air, starring Donald Faison and... More...
February 22, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review 
More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
Moviefone's Year End Movie Poll
What were your favorites? Least favorites? The funniest and scariest? Moviefone wants to know!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds