Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau, Sarah Hellman

Jamie's lost. She's in New York to see a friend, but the friend is nowhere to be found. Charlie just quit his job and isn't sure what's next. Their paths cross late at night on an empty subway platfor...( read more  read more... )m, and an unlikely connection is formed. Together they share 24 hours drifting from diners, to city parks, to a party deep in the heart of Brooklyn.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Aaron Katz

Release Date: August 29, 2007

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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2008

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  • September 18, 2008
    Couple meet by chance, they talk, go to the park, visit friends, go to an art gallery and then a party. That's all there is to it, plenty of dialogue which keeps the interest as does the interaction of the leads though it still feels forced and not so natural. This may be down to...( read more) the awkwardness of the characters themselves. Cheap and cheerful it's a very simple film that some would argue shouldn't even be classified as film. It's more like forced realism or an orchestrated documentary. This is what real reality TV would be like if you took away the stupid "plots", manipulative editing and dodgy soundtracks.
  • July 29, 2009
    Kind of an inidpendant before sunrise. At times somewhat charming, and a few pretty shots, but at most simply an hour long look into normal life.
  • March 12, 2009
    ben sevdim. karakterler sade abartisiz gercekci ve normal komiklerdi. herhangi bir fazlalik olmamasi güzel olma sebebi. böyle filmler yapmaya bir süre devam edebilirler. ben daha cok yaslanana kadar izleyebilirim. diger bagimsiz genclik filmlerinden bagimsiz olarak sevdim bunu.
  • December 15, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • December 12, 2008
    This flick has a really unusual feel that I just found myself responding to.

    The naturalisitc dialogue (random conversations and arkward silences) and some really beautiful shots of New York made this really watchable and the burgeoning relationship between Jamie and Charlie ...( read more)was nice to follow.

    This is one of those films that you will either get or not. Nothing grand happens and it's more about the feelings that it evokes. Erin Fisher is very sweet, she provides the film with it's centre and is very likeable.

    Nice ending too.....
  • October 1, 2008
    wow i absolutely love this movie. i have never seen anything like it before in my life and it's just awesome! i'm suddenly inspired to make films such as these.
  • August 22, 2008
    This movie was awesome!!!!!!!!! even though it had no plot, it was just nice to see two random poeple who have never met before, become friends.......im still puzzled why the girl never met her friend samantha
  • August 21, 2008
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Drama, Art House & International movie had done a good job of directing this movie be...( read more)cause you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...its entertaining throughout n its got a good script throughout this movie....i think that this is a good Drama, Art House & International movie 2 watch because its a good movie
  • June 19, 2008
    I really don't know what to think of this film. One one hand I really love the character relationship progression. Jamie travels from Atlanta to Brooklyn to meet up with her friend, but gets lost. She meets up with a stranger named Charlie who helps her find her way to where she ...( read more)was supposed to meet her friend, but her friend is not there and not answering her phone. The rest of the movie follows the two as they go from strangers to acquaintances to friends in around 24 hours. The movie is dialogue based, similar in fact to Before Sunrise in that sense, as well as the whole strangers meeting and talking their way through 24 hours, except in this case things don't progress to the romantic levels of Before Sunrise. The film is actually a part of the mumblecore film movement which employs a very low-budget production where non-professional actors are used in improvised scripts where the focus is on personal relationships. On the other hand, the improvised dialogue, especially in the beginning when the two characters are first talking, although very realistic, is often boring, irritating and heavy-handed and can distract the viewer from what they should be hearing.

    Essentially, Quiet City is so realistic in the way the characters behave and interact, that it could very well have been a documentary about two strangers getting to know each other over the course of a day. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I found it nice for a change and I'll look further into the mumblecore genre.
  • May 26, 2008
    This movie will not be appreciated by everyone, and I'm not even sure that I appreciated it. Quiet City isn't really about anything, it's just a 78 minute look into a weekend in the lives of 2 twentysomethings in New York. They hang out, go to a friend's house, hang out, go to ...( read more)an art exhibit, go to a party, and then go their separate ways. That sounds ridiculously boring, and at times it is, but there is something endearing about a movie that is not about the fantastic and the amazing and the outstanding, but is just about the realistic nice little events and coincidences in life that never fail to put a smile on your face. Of course, there is a reason that the fantastic reigns supreme in movies: people don't want to see everyday monotony on screen, which is really what Quiet City boils down to.

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