Enjoyable but not particularly smart

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2018)

The audience in my theater bought into the suspense of this film - it was completely silent throughout. A suspense / monster movie without excessive gore is also a major plus. And it passes very quickly.
But when it's over, it has several of those "if they had just done that sooner, there wouldn't have been a problem" scenarios.
If this is treated as a three act play, the second act is the scene from Jurassic Park where the kids are hiding from the raptor in the kitchen, Only much longer.
And the ending is almost straight out of Mars Attacks.
The final scene could have happened months and months earlier. No one even tried? No booby traps? And the kids couldn't wear sneakers?
The father must have been superhuman, his cornfields are immaculate and he has a silo filled to the top ... both without the use of noise-making machines. Maybe he was inspired by the Professor on Gilligan's Island.
But while it's going on, the movie is quite enjoyable.