The story centers around the Kang family starting when the father (Park In-Hwan) gets fired from his job and moves his family to the mountains where he buys a lodge that seems to be cursed as various guests slowly begin showing up and croaking the first night. He decides the bodies should be buried because if the news got out it would hurt his dismal business even more. As the bodies begin to pile up, the family's level of desperation and creativity increases.

Other members of this family of degenerates include the short-tempered mother (Na Mun-Hee), Uncle Chang (Choi Min-Sik) who is a lonely loser, the only son (Song Kang-Ho) who loves peeping and has a criminal record, and the two 17 year-old sisters (Go Ho-Kyung and Lee Yeon-Sung) who are cynical and lazy.

The entire cast did an amazing job, but the standout performance for me was Song Kang-Ho, whose laughter, mannerisms, facial expressions, and crappy attitude were highlights of the film.

Another aspect of the film worth mentioning was the soundtrack. The first WTF moment of the presentation happened in the opening credits when you hear the song "Tres Delinquentes" by Delinquent Habits. I haven't heard that song for years and how it fits in a Korean film is beyond me, but it was great. There were many other strange musical choices throughout the film, but none match "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family during the final credits. After some thought, I believe it was a brilliant choice for nothing more than highlighting one last time that the grim and cynical Kang family are no Partridges.

In many ways "The Quiet Family" reminded me of Takashi Miike's "Visitor Q" as both are great films that explore how violence and dead bodies can bring an otherwise disconnected and dysfunctional family together in a crisis. With that said, it should not be a surprise that Takashi Miike remade this film taking many of the same elements of "The Quiet Family" and turned them up a few notches resulting in "The Happiness Of The Katakuris". Miike made a few changes as he added a grandfather and young girl along with ridiculous sing-alongs, zombies, zombie sing-alongs, and of course, claymation. "The Happiness Of The Katakuris" is a very entertaining film but doesn't come close to "The Quiet Family's" cast performances, charm, or storytelling abilities.

"The Quiet Family" is a very tightly wound flick full of sharp and subtle humor with an excellent script and a talented cast and crew. This is a film that one could watch multiple times, always finding something they never noticed in the previous viewings.

I strongly recommend "The Quiet Family", especially to people with more of a dark sense of humor.