The plot had more holes than swiss cheese

Rating: 1/10 (3 May 2018)

Premise: Aliens who are blind but have an incredible sense of hearing have taken over earth and attack with lightning quickness if they hear you.
First this movie gives very little in the way of exposition. We are told nothing of the alien invasion,how it went down, or how creatures who can't see have mastered interstellar travel.
Second the movie seems like it was written in one afternoon at a coffee shop while the screen writer had any number of sci-fi movies playing in the background on their laptop. So little thought was put into the plot it feels like this was the project of a film school student.
Third the movie presents us with a family who have bland,prosaic characters that do little to make you care about them.
Ok so first I noticed everyone even in bad reviews commended the acting. I disagree. John Krasinsky became well known for his highly expressive face on the Office. In this movie he has one wild eyed look and that's it. Emily Blunt has all the emotion of an eggplant. The children were mediocre but I'll give them a break because they are still learning and this movie didn't give them much to work with.
The alien creatures lacked any originality. Even down to the sounds they made. They are a cross between the rippers in Resident Evil,the titular creature in Aliens, and the arachnids in Starship Troopers. The sounds they made resembled the raptors in Jurassic Park so closely I was waiting for John Hammond to come out and say no expense spared.
The movie's premise of the aliens being reliant on sound to hunt is ridiculous. If this is to be taken as true then we must assume there is no wildlife left yet we are shown birds and a raccoon.
If you know anything about the animal world you know that the few species that use sound as a primary sense are low on the food chain and mainly prey on insects.
Ok so we are expected to believe that in the course of 400 some days this family wouldn't figure out that a creature highly sensitive ears could be taken down with high frequency sound?? What are they spending their days doing? Oh right playing Monopoly and somehow growing a bumper crop of corn.
Other reviewers who are critical like myself have pointed out the obvious thoughts about what happens if you fart or snore at night or how the wooden floor of that old house is free of creaks and noises.
I'd like to tackle the issue of the wife allowing herself to get pregnant in a world where a screaming infant would invite the aliens to come eat everyone. I just don't see a modern woman allowing pregnancy to happen when she already has two children to care for. And then there's her 5 minute long labor and delivery. That was such a load of crap on the part of the movie makers. No woman gives birth that fast without screaming her head off as a baby goes flying out of her body. As a woman I call shenanigans on that.
But with all that being said let's address a very real issue. According to the two papers with info about the aliens written on them, there's a mere 3 of them in the area. THREE! There's no way I'm believing 3 aliens without sight couldn't be taken out swiftly with a bit of planning. Its ridiculous to try to get away with load of baloney. We have more guns and ammo in this country then people. I think 3 aliens could be handled.
Long story short: this movie was a half hearted attempt at using silence as a tool for suspense. It had potential but the screenwriter(s) phoned it in. But I'm sure they'll be sequels. Every piece of crap gets a sequel or 2 these days. I'm looking forward to Cinema Sins (great Youtube channel that does the everything wrong with_ videos) ripping this movie apart.