We finally got out to the movies yesterday and saw A Quiet Place.
All I can say is, "Wow! What a great movie!" and I'm so glad we got to see it in the theater instead of waiting for Netflix. This is one film what needs to be experienced in a dark theater without any sort of outside distractions.
While the general structure of the film echoes many a sci-fi trope (The Waveries by Fredric Brown immediately comes to mind), A Quiet Place ramps up the fear factor to 11 and immediately turns it into a good old-fashioned monster movie. No explanation is given as to how the creatures came to be, where they came from, or what their ultimate goal was—other than to ravenously eat any living thing that makes a noise.
The sense of claustrophobia in this movie telling the story of a seemingly isolated family in the aftermath of a global apocalypse is compounded by a skillful use of absolute silence punctuated by the movie score.
And without giving anything away, the ending is one of the best I've seen in years. It's been a while since I was in a theater that spontaneously erupted in applause when the credits started to roll.
If you're a fan of the genre—or only want to spend some quality time with a very hunky bearded John Krasinski, set two hours aside and go see it. You won't be disappointed.
(I just read there is already a sequel in the works. If they must do this, I seriously hope it isn't a sequel, but rather a prequel. Considering this film starts on "Day 89," I want to see what happened Day 0-88.)