All the reviews are right

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2018)

Whether you rate this a 1 due to plot plausibility issues or a 10 for 90 minutes of unrelenting suspense, you're right, it's all true. This may be the first movie I've ever seen that is filled with cliches, stolen scenes from other movies, a movie monster that's an amalgam of several we've seen before and totally implausible plot sequences yet manages brilliantly to keep you in total suspense and to care about each character. The success of the movie lies in the brilliant acting of the 3 main characters, especially Blunt and the premise, can you keep quiet enough in everyday life to avoid being a monster meal. Krasinski so effectively paints a picture of isolation for this family and each actor's performance focuses in on only two things, desperation and their love for each other. This is brilliant because those foci, both in script and character interaction, enables the audience to largely ignore all the aforementioned issues. Within the first few minutes, you are part of this family. You immediately begin an internal dialogue which mirrors the characters , scene by scene, asking yourself, how could I survive this, how many things would have to change in my day to day life in order for me and my family to stay alive. What if I forgot something, what if my child didn't do what I told them to do to survive. I couldn't give this an overall 9-10 because of all its issues but if you're looking for a movie that keeps you riveted to the screen for 90 minutes and forces you to think about how you would handle a survival situation where literally everything you did consciously and subconsciously has to be modified in order to survive, you will totally enjoy this movie and probably see it a second time to immerse yourself again.