Directed by:
John KrasinskiCinematography:
Charlotte Bruus ChristensenComposer:
Marco BeltramiCast:
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Cade Woodward, Leon Russom, Doris McCarthyVOD (3)
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Cut off from the rest of the world, a tightknit family live in constant fear of making any sound that will attract terrifying alien creatures. (Netflix)
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A straightforward family survival spiced up with one interesting variation (the motif of silence, even if it’s not exploited to the its fullest) that is tense rather than scary. The first half is held up by that one idea and great craftsmanship, but the second half is brought down by silliness and breaking the rules the film has laid down. It’s a bit of a problem when at the beginning we are told the monsters are sensitive to the tiniest crack, but during the chase at the end, their sensitivity works in any way that is convenient to the script. Why, for example, in a key moment the boy runs into a corn field is something I can’t make any sense of (I’ve never run into a corn field, but I guess it would be pretty noisy). And the second half is full of moments like this. The monsters are unfortunately shown way too often and they look disappointing, like run of the mill creatures that seem to have fallen out of a Marvel movie (the typical alien minions of the main villain that are there so the super heroes will have something to fight). Although I sound critical, A Quiet Place is an above average film, thanks mainly to the quality of its craftsmanship and the performances. With regards to the horror, at the time of release (April) it will hardly reach this year’s TOP 3 and the comments of it being the best horror film in the last years are totally unwarranted.
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Excellent work with atmosphere and sound, or in this case rather silence. It does not lack a few bold and juicy moments, but nothing original, just another variation of mysterious dystopian monster post-apocalyptic science fiction where something has gone fundamentally wrong and humanity doesn't know which way to go. Krasinski is certainly no ordinary routinist and has potential, but you can't win the Tour de France on a scooter. I believe his next film will be more ambitious instead of a horror one-off.
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Last of Us meets Walking Dead meets Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds. Despite the fact that Krasinski always veers from serious tones to slightly cheesy progressions and twists, this quiet elegy gripped me from the first to the last minute. That's how Shyamalan would have done it if he hadn't gone crazy.
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My comment will not contain anything new. Many others have already noticed that Krasinski devotes much more energy and attention to building tension in individual scenes and achieving immediate effects at the expense of elementary logic and believability of the world he presents. You will enjoy A Quiet Place the more you refrain from thinking about logical inconsistencies and immerse yourself in the story with your brain turned off. Reflecting on how creatures so easily vulnerable could have taken over the world means spoiling the experience. If humanity was so witless that it allowed itself to be massacred by these nobodies, then it simply deserved its decline and exit from the stage. If you refuse the approach of "it happened, don't question it," you will suffer just like me. And rightly so. Overall impression: 40%.
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The main couple’s decision to bring a (crying) baby into the world that the movie creates for them in order for A Quiet Place to work as a suspenseful horror flick ruined it for me. The very opening scene of the walk through the woods, in which the parents let their youngest child walk unattended far behind them, indicated that there would be no hint of even basic common sense. Normally, such nonsense in movies doesn’t bother me, but here the key events in the storyline went totally AGAINST the sophistication of the director’s building of tension stemming from an interesting idea. It was painful to endure the stupidity of this movie, which I was looking forward to and which could (or should) have been perfectly to my taste.
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