The Silent Twins – ABC Film Challenge – Female Director – J (Jennifer & June Characters) – The Silent Twins – Movie Review
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
Writer: Andrea Seigel, Marjorie Wallace (Screenplay)
Cast
- Letitia Wright (Black Panther)
- Tamara Lawrance (Kindred)
- Nadine Marshall (Paddington 2)
- Treva Etienne (Black Hawk Down)
- Michael Smiley (Kill List)
Plot: Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as “the silent twins” because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.
Runtime: 1 Hour 53 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: The Silent Twins starts when we meet the two twins June (Wright) and Jennifer (Lawrance). In their childhood, they would only communicate with each other. Once they hit adulthood, they still refuse to talk to anyone else in their lives.
However, their adult lives bring a much more dramatic and dark series of side effects. The two find themselves locked up under the mental health act and continue to struggle to be separated.
Verdict on The Silent Twins
The Silent Twins is a drama following the difficult lives of the Gibbons twins. They refused to talk to anyone other than each other, causing them to be treated like outsiders to the world. However, their troubles end up causing bigger problems for both of them in the long term too.
This is a movie that shows their difficult lives and how they saw the world. It is told at a slow pace that never really dives into the real reason why they are like are. However, things don’t seem to make complete sense, as they do talk to people, despite the whole point being why they don’t talk. The performances are strong though, which is the strongest part of the movie.
Final Thoughts – The Silent Twins is an interesting look into a troubled life.
