what? I actually made a metacritic account just to say this movie is terrible. The characters could have simply played a game of 'piggy in the middle', throwing sounds back and forth until the aliens ran themselves into a hole and died. The world seems like a great place to raise a baby, doesn’t it? Stupid/non believable characters abound in this film. I’m sorry, but after the boy dies in the beginning, there is no way that those parents are having sex in the near future. If humanity wanted to survive, couldn’t they have just sent out protective earmuffs to humanity, some instructions to soundproof their homes, and then ruined the aliens’ hearing with loud noises? Also, apparently a shotgun works. Nevertheless, they navigate freely through trees, etc. The aliens are blind, possessing extraordinaly sensitive hearing, yet they cannot sense the humans with sonar. Honestly, I wondered if an hour of movie was edited out, and there was a lot more story and a different ending before the final cut. I was desperately hoping the alien or the whole family stood on the damn nail one by one. But the whole end was they shoot it? This film would be difficult to watch in a noisy household, the cinema goers laughing (and eating loudly or farting) was bad enough. The whole film culminates in the last family in at least their region, maybe the world, just shooting the alien in the face (with a shotgun), after such an long build up, we get that? There was no reason to have the father in the film at all, kill him off early and the tough mum could have carried it to the end. The suspension of disbelief is nonexistent. The plot and actions are predictable, and only unpredictable when they make no logical sense. The acting is solid, the premise of the film is ok. I can't recommend someone watch this over any other film, horror or not. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you want to enjoy this one, you will really need to turn your brain off entirely. How could these morons be the only people left on Earth? I had not read any reviews before I went and I assumed it would be rated awfully - I could not believe it when I saw all of the positive reviews. the whole thing becomes so overwhelmingly dumb that it is hard to stay in the theatre. The premise of this movie is beyond idiotic, and as soon as you begin to ask yourself questions (who planted / harvested that corn quietly? why don't they set up a homestead near the noisy waterfall? why don't they have bird bangers or other noisemakers set up to go off at random intervals to disguise the noises they make? How is that baby so incredibly quiet? How is this family of four living on 3 fish a week? How was no one else on Earth able to find the solution to this problem - finding out how to turn their strength into a weakness seems pretty obvious) and on and on. The premise of this movie is beyond idiotic, and as soon as you begin to ask yourself questions (who planted / First movie review ever - but my thoughts on this film are so polar opposite than the critics I feel compelled to write. If you haven't seen it yet, do something about that.First movie review ever - but my thoughts on this film are so polar opposite than the critics I feel compelled to write. Certainly one of those "Movies to see before you die" types. A Quiet Place deserves the critical acclaim, though it's not perfect it is however an absolute triumph and a real spectacle. To add to this I think A Quiet Place is genuinely one of the most tension filled movies I've ever seen, I squinted, I cringed, I clenched my fist, on sat on the edge of my seat multiple times throughout. The cast are great, the cinematography is fantastic and the story is really well put together. I'm not saying it hasn't been done before but it hasn't on quite this scale and it works considerably better than you'd imagine. The fact there is such little dialogue or really any form of audio is how A Quiet Place finds its identity. It follows one family as they try to survive in absolute silence. It tells the story of a post apocalyptic world that has been torn apart by mysterious creatures that find their prey exclusively through sound. Starring real life married couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, also directed by the latter this highly original horror got my attention from the get go and held it throughout. No idea why I just don't tend to follow the unwashed masses when it comes to movies, I am however mistaken sometimes. A Quiet Place was critically acclaimed and for some reason that tends to mean I won't like it.
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