A self contained thriller that masterfully tackles an interesting concept.

Rating: 8/10 (15 April 2018)

Having seen no promotional material or trailers, but only the high critic score I expected this movie to deliver a solid, well crafted story. It exceeded my expectations.
A Quiet Place is set in a mysterious world where making a sound will result in death, however the story is not about monsters or saving the world. Its about a family who has adapted to the environment around it and their struggle to live in a world without the freedom to express themselves through speech.
It sets up characters and develops them extremely well especially for a movie where almost all communication is through sign language and fleshes these characters out so that the final act of the movie has extreme emotional weight.A major chunk of this is to be attributed to the fantastic performances, especially by Emily Blunt who, in my opinion should be a frontrunner for an academy award this year.
This film has little to no extra scenes with each moment either acting as a set up or character development (though it may drag ever so slightly in the end) and thanks to the focused screenplay and fantastic directing A Quiet Place is a movie well worth the watch.