Touchy-Feely Alien-Monster Chick Film

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2018)

I just saw A QUIET PLACE, which I found about equal parts novel and irritating. I would sum it up as the best touchy-feely alien-monster chick film so far this year. We are dropped into the strained family life of the Abbotts (religious ex-patriot Berkeley vegans from the look of things) six months into an invasion of predatory aliens who hunt using super-sensitive hearing.
As we move (glacially) through the story, we see endless closeups of the sweaty, frightened faces of the Abbott children, endless close-ups of the sweaty, paternal fear on their parents faces, and endless dashes into sweaty group hugs after each close call (I thought the aliens were supposed to hear running!?). Moreover, Mrs. Abbott bears a (rather quiet) baby in the midst of all this.
And, finally, we're expected to believe that all of the world's scientists have somehow missed the aliens' great weakness, which becomes apparent when the eldest girl's homemade hearing aid creates shrill audio feedback.
Somewhere in the middle of this slog, I thought, I've never missed the macho crew of the Nostromo so much.