Editing Silent Fall (section)

===Critical response===
''Silent Fall'' received largely negative reviews from critics, as it holds a 26% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 19 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silent Fall (1994)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silent_fall|language=en|access-date=October 29, 2023|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>

Peter Rainer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' deemed it "a so-so thriller with a first-rate atmosphere. Director Bruce Beresford is working from a by-the-book script by Akiva Goldsman that piles up the preposterousness. As a murder mystery it’s schematic and too easy to figure out."<ref name=rainer>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-28-ca-55614-story.html|last=Rainer|first=Peter|date=October 28, 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029205159/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-28-ca-55614-story.html|archive-date=October 29, 2023|title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'Silent Fall' Doesn't Rise Beyond So-So}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4, similarly criticizing the film for its "torturously constructed plot...&nbsp;the solution to the mystery has been right there all along."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/silent-fall-1994|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|author=Ebert, Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Silent Fall Review & Film Summary|date=October 28, 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029204748/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/silent-fall-1994|archive-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref>

[[Caryn James]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' criticized the screenplay and dialogue, noting that the actors "do the best they can", adding that the film "takes a lurid turn that includes enough fodder for several tabloid television shows and a few [[Stephen King]] novels. Using autism as a plot device may seem callous, but it pales next to the sordid twists that turn up at the end."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/28/movies/film-review-two-parents-two-murders-two-children-too-much.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 28, 1994|title=FILM REVIEW; Two Parents, Two Murders, Two Children, Too Much|last=James|first=Caryn|author-link=Caryn James|url-status=live|archive-date=October 29, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029210137/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/28/movies/film-review-two-parents-two-murders-two-children-too-much.html}}</ref>

==== Year-end lists ====
*Dishonorable mention&nbsp;– Glenn Lovell, ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|date=December 25, 1994 |title=The Past Picture Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly – a Year Worth's of Movie Memories|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|page=3|edition=Morning Final}}</ref>

====Awards and nominations====
*[[45th Berlin International Film Festival]] – nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] award.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1995/02_programm_1995/02_Programm_1995.html |title=Berlinale: 1995 Programme |access-date=December 31, 2011|work=berlinale.de}}</ref>