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***spoilers*** // Many (too many) a dumb moment, but <em>'A Quiet Place'</em> is a really good watch nevertheless. I will start with the positives that I have, as in fairness there are a number. The first, most obvious, being the sound d...
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A Quiet Place
2018
Movie
91 min
English
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Insights
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic82/100
Google Users87%
Director: John Krasinski•Genres: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Plot Summary
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. The Abbott family navigates their daily lives on a secluded farm, communicating through sign language and taking extreme precautions to remain unheard. When a tragic accident occurs and unexpected events unfold, they must confront their deepest fears and fight for survival.
Critical Reception
A Quiet Place was a critical and commercial success, lauded for its inventive premise, intense atmosphere, and strong performances, particularly from the young actors. Critics praised its masterful use of sound design and its ability to blend creature-feature horror with profound emotional depth.
What Reviewers Say
Praised for its high-concept premise and effective suspense.
Hailed for its minimal dialogue and reliance on visual storytelling.
Commended for its emotional core and strong family dynamics.
Google audience: Audiences were largely impressed by the film's originality and suspenseful storytelling. Many appreciated the unique concept of a sound-sensitive world and found the emotional performances compelling.
Awards & Accolades
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. Received numerous nominations and wins from various film critics' associations and genre awards.
Fun Fact
Director John Krasinski initially wrote the role of Evelyn Abbott for himself, but his wife Emily Blunt convinced him to give the part to her and cast himself as her husband.
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The Movie Mob
**Overall : A Quiet Place creates an unnerving, tense, and terrifying world that skillfully drags its audience into its silent fear-filled universe.** The most extraordinary theater experience of my life! The tension in the room silenced...
5rJoud
**Works for a normal audience, not for critical thinkers** Almost an 8/10 on a different, shabbier, online movie database with almost 14 hundred reviews at the point of this review written. The hype is distorting the ratings of this movi...
Manuel São Bento
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Ever since Jordan Peele shocked everyone with his feature directorial debut, Get Out, no one else questioned the potential that a well-know...
Wuchak
_**Decent horror flick, but the family members make too many exasperating blunders**_ A family tries to survive on their farm in rural New York while blind indestructible creatures prowl the landscape. The creatures find prey based on so...
Trazbor O'Gukguk
This film is terrible. How this pathetic excuse for entertainment has any rating is a mystery. It's an insult to art of film making and to the people who love cinema. Nobody in their right mind would suggest watching this hole ridden, ham a...
LadyGreenEyes
This is far and away one of the best movies I have ever watched, and I've watched a lot of movies! The story is original, no small feat these days, and the acting is just outstanding! John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, along with the childr...
Gimly
Every time a horror movie does something that I've never seen before, that gets me very excited. _A Quiet Place_ is such a movie. I do believe that maybe _A Quiet Place_ doesn't **quite** deserve the praise that it has received. Not that it...
Leno
**_No important spoilers here_** In a **dystopic future**, the humanity has been severely smitten by strange blind creatures that feast on living flesh, both human and animal. In spite of being blind, the creatures have a super hearing a...
Devin G. Squire
This review contains **spoilers**. So let’s First get this out of The way I’ve never been more frustrated, by people eating popcorn, fidgeting, & Coming in late. Anyways form the very start I had so many questions, how’d they get here?...