Movie

A Quiet Little Marriage

2008 · 90 min

An intimate, emotionally raw chamber piece that quietly unsettles as a couple's trust erodes with sly humor and painful honesty.

Tagline: You call it madness, but they call it love.
Overview: A Quiet Little Marriage is the love story of Dax and Olive, who manage to find harmony even as they juggle family, romance and intimacy, but that all changes the night she asks him for a baby. Writer/director Mo Perkins’ intense and profound, raw feature debut is laced with sly humor, exquisitely rendered characters, and a pitch-perfect emotional honesty.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, parenthood, love, deception
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
parenthood
love
deception
identity
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild