The Silent Twins | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

This is a wild & bizarre story, proving once again that truth is stranger than fiction, & how the varying natures of human behavior can come up with some odd quirks. As the old saying says, "it’s better to be silent than to speak and be thought the fool."

The Silent Twins is a surrealistic biopic that lives, breathes (and sometimes chokes) on director Smoczynska's audacious flourishes including a splashy Busby Berkeley-style fantasia replete with synchronised swimmers.

The lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons do make for a compelling watch and teamed with such solid performances mean The Silent Twins is an impressive cinematic accomplishment.

Some wonderful visual flourishes and two brilliant central performances by Wright and Lawrence help to illuminate the Gibbons sisters’ headspaces. But without important context, true insight and understanding remains elusive.

There are such gorgeous shots in this, both in the starkness of the hospital where the second half of the movie is set, but also in the dream scenes where it's all about vibrancy and contrasting colours.