Almost great, could have been the makings of a cult classic

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2018)

So, just got back and here's the debrief:
Actors - Terrific. Loved Krasinski and Blunt and the kids.
Pace - Good to Very Good
Visuals - Realistic, absorbing...wanted to hang around and see each place
Monsters - Standard 21st Century Cinema fare with a twist - they forage for humankind based not on smell or sight but on sound
Scary - Much of the time
Suspenseful - Much of the time
Dramatic Arc..... - Okay, Im getting to the part where it sort of goes off track for me and why this review contains spoilers..... I hated the ending. It's a fantasy, right? The characters are appealing, right? There is no deep think about it, no politics, no ideology to peddle, ... it's just a fantasy scary movie...
So, why not make for a happy ending? There isn't one.
And not only is it not happy, it's ambiguous; it actually doesnt end, it just fades to black.
Now, maybe Im just a pansy, but if I was going to make a scary Hollywood popcorn movie, I'd give it a happy Hollywood ending. If it had had one, I'd say as a Hollywood popcorn movie (and I do like them), it was great and it had the makings of a cult classic.
As is, I still give it a seven.