The Quiet Arrangement: A Movie Review

Director: David C. Snyder.

Writer: David C. Snyder.

It is sometimes difficult to review a film that took three attempts to finish, but occasionally there will be a nugget of gold if mined so let us take a look this 2009 release from director David C. Snyder called "The Quiet Arrangement." A film that is full of poor actors, little music, and without a consistent unifying theme each makes the film almost unwatchable while the clever use of the crime drama genre with the development of some interesting plot twists are the advantages of watching this film from beginning to end.

The film does seem to revolve around the hostage taking of an older man's young wife. However, the central character from the initial portion of the film is quickly killed and the movie seems to start again with another character. This changing of characters happens again and the film is hard to follow, but involves police detectives, drug dealers and other similar miscreants who are looking to make money from the ransom of Mrs. Briggs.

One of the positives of "The Quiet Arrangement" could be the unconventional plot unravelment, but the poor acting, lack of music, and indistinguishable story take away from the enjoyment of the film. Characters are introduced only to be killed quickly and the lack of character development will leave most viewers thinking "who cares?" All of these poor qualities make the film a hard watch so this review will be wrapped up here and serve as a warning to anyone about to watch the film.

Only the second film from David C. Snyder this director is still finding his way in the movie world and "The Quiet Arrangement" is more of an experiment than a well managed movie. So, while "The Quiet Arrangement" could serve film students on some level of what not to do the film as a piece of entertainment will not serve many. Keep trying David.

Acting/believablity/characterizations: 4.
Writing/story/plot/: 4.5.
Continuity/pacing/editing: 5.5.
Overall: 4.6 Cross-eyed Viewers out of 10.