A Quiet Place (2018) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Eric I don’t get how this movie is giving too much praise. What a downgrade compared to the previous films smh Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/11/24 Full Review Hargie M I enjoyed this film immensely. "A Quiet Place" is an absolute masterclass in tension and storytelling Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Lukasz K Film niestety z naciąganą fabułą jak gacie na tyłku. Serio, kto zostawia gwóźdź na schodach w taki sposób przybity? Sam pomysł, żeby ratować dzieci po nocy z samą tylko latarką tj. bez strzelby, która była dostępna jest mało poważny. Dlaczego po prostu nie zastawiono pułapki na te potwory i nie urządzono im krwawej łaźni przy pomocy broni palnej? Jak widzieliśmy była bardzo skuteczna finalnie. Ludzie pozwolili sobie odebrać wolność i zaczęli się w tym urządzać, za cenę stałego śmiertelnego zagrożenia utraty życia. Nawet rozmawiać ze sobą się bali, byle tylko przeżyć się udało w jakieś "norze". Film naprawdę prowadzi do wściekłości na bezsens postępowania i bezradność bohaterów. Jedyny, poważny pozytyw z tego filmu jest taki, że zmusza do refleksji na temat wolności i woli walki o prawo do życia i szczęścia oraz ceny jaką musimy za nią zapłacić. Bohaterowie niestety sami z siebie nie wykazali woli walki. Kilka scen było bardzo ciekawych. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Allan C Rewatched this movie ahead of going to go see the new spinoff film. My high schooler had not seen it, so we watched it together so she could see the new movie. She gave it a thumbs-up and I upped my rating by half a star to four and a half stars. I also read an interesting alternate theory about the subtext of the film, which I believe is about the horrors of parenting. This alternate theory is about conservative views being silenced and if you speak up, you are canceled for making noise. The film does work for this interpretation, but Krasinski had denied that was his intent and that it was always intended to be about parenthood. See my review from when I originally watched it when it came out.1-13-18Smart post-apocalyptic horror film is really about the terrifying responsibility of parentingA Quiet Place (2018) ****Smart small-scale post-apocalyptic horror film is really about the horrors of parenting. John Krasinski co-wrote, directed, and stars as the father of a family living in a world where monstrous blind creatures roam the countryside hunting by sound, forcing the family to live in near complete silence. The film begins 89 days after the monsters first appeared and Krasinski and family seem to be the only ones left alive, introduced without explanation, walking barefoot into town to get supplies and medicine. The family has an advantage in this new silent world in that their oldest daughter is deaf and they all know sign language. The film is endlessly fascinating, seeing how the family has adapted to survive in this silent world, creating sand paths to quietly get from place to place, leaving all doors open to avoid noise, and an elaborate system of colored lights to silently communicate danger. Different ways the family has adapted to live in silence are shown throughout the film and are a great hook to hold the audience's interest (Don’t even ask about Krasinski’s wife, Emily Blunt (who are a real-life married couple), being pregnant and their plan for how to keep the infant quiet!). From a filmmaking perspective, “A Quiet Place” is unique in its use of silence and reliance on visuals to tell its story. Most horror movies rely on jarring sounds and pounding music to build suspense, while Krasinski has crafted a film where the smallest sound becomes terrifying. Even more impressive, from a storytelling perspective, Krasinski has created what is essentially a modern-day silent film. There is almost no spoken dialogue and most of the film has the characters communicating through ASL. The original plan was to not include subtitles for the ASL, but at the last minute, the filmmakers decided to include them. I chose to watch the film without subtitles and it worked perfectly without, which is a testament to Krasinski’s talent as a writer/director, as well as credit to the talents of the actors involved. Original ideas for horror films are rare these days, and this was a pretty clever twist on the tired end-of-the-world scenario, but what makes “A Quiet Place” a cut above most of its ilk is the film’s emotional depth. Most post-apocalyptic and horror films are simply exciting survival tales, and this film is certainly that, but at its core, it’s about the terrifying responsibility of parenting. The most resonant parts of the film are the parents’ constant vigilance to keep their children safe, teaching them how to survive in this new world and their guilt over mistakes that have made (even when it was not their fault). This identifiable human emotional level is often missing from horror films, but when it is present, it makes the suspense and horror all the more terrifying, which is what makes “A Quiet Place” one of the most effective horror films of recent memory. Well worth watching, even for non-horror fans! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review jessi e An absolute classic! If you haven’t streamed this movie yet.. you’re missing out on a true golden horror movie. An absolute inspiration for this generation! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/17/24 Full Review Blu B A Horror Thriller Classic. The cinematography is excellent and easily the best thing. It's simliar to Wall-E where we literally go the entire first half without a single line of dialouge said. It's kept very simple and easy to follow. This understands what the point of a movie is supposed to be - Visual Storyelling. There is hardly ANY words at all in this. Everything else is really good here. It can get a little jumpy between all 4 family members at times doing there own things but it comes back well enough. On top of that there is quite a bit of suspension of disbelief needed here for this whole setup. If you REALLY wanted too you could easily pick this plot apart like no tomorrow for holes. But it's so well done that it makes it very easy to overlook it and get invested in the story. Your level of enjoyment above all else will depend on how well you can suspend your disbelief. Anyone who is a fan of Sci-Fi, Horror, or any actors in this will like this a lot. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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