The Silent Twins – Budget Unknown – 1 hour and 43 minutes
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Identical twins June and Jennifer decide not to speak after enduring horrific bullying in school. Their teacher doesn’t believe their school can help the girls open up, so he sends them to a new school with a new teacher, Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas tries different techniques to get the sisters to talk, but it doesn’t help. During equestrian therapy, he sees Jennifer willingly fall off the horse, and June mirror Jennifer’s actions. He determines the sisters are a bad influence on each other and chooses to split them up. Both girls fall into a deep depression without their sister. After a few years, therapists decide to bring them together. They fall deeper into their silence and start looking into writing school. They join a creative writing course by mail and start putting their active imaginations to paper. After several rejections from publishers, the now young ladies decide they need to experience love and romance to write about life. This choice should be the beginning of growth, hope, and strength. But for June and Jennifer, love and romance lead to drugs, institutionalization, and death.
Based on The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace, this movie uses Jennifer and June’s writing to narrate their story (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). And the director used claymation to bring the viewer into their rich fantasy world. The writer never judges June, Jennifer, or the system throughout the script. So, viewers feel like flies on the wall during their life. Both sets of actresses ensured they walked, talked, and moved in step with each other to express the twin’s immense bond. Also, the pair needed each other but brutally attacked each other several times. They would get in physical and verbal altercations throughout their lives, often stemming from jealousy, betrayal, or fear of alienation. This movie will strike a chord in you while leaving you with more questions about June and Jennifer.
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
Yea, I can see you see me. Keep walking – June
I’m good. I’ll eat when I’m gone – Jennifer
If you were telling your story through me, how would you want it to begin – Marjorie
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