Soft horror

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2019)

A Quiet place
(film review)
"A Quiet Place" is mysterious horror directed by John Krasinski. It was made in 2018. Stars Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and John Krasinski, one of my favorite actors and directors. I found it accidentally and I have to say that I was in "hype" to watch it, because it's been considered as the horror of the year.
Lee Abott the father and his wife Evelyn Abott are in leading roles. Their performance is great because they precisely know when to be serious, shocked or terrified. It gives the film theme of darkness. The plot and some scenes are a little bit far-fetched and lengthy. What I like is the fact that this film isn't just a bloody horror with no sense, but it has at least some idea of loss, sacrifice and suffering.
The film is set in the dead town where the family made of 2 children, father and mother survive an Apocalypse and they are forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with well-developed hearing. I found it really dramatic and scary, because there are many moments where the kids are inattentive and they make a noise unintentionally. It unfortunately causes the death of the one child. But after that they find out that monsters are scared of sound on the certain frequency of strange machine. They just need to get to the machine, which makes that exact sound and it "saves" them from the monsters. The story is sometimes very predictable and there are many scenes where the actors don't try to think before they do something. By the end of the film the father makes really moving act and sacrifice his own life to save his family before monsters. The film ends really shocking and eerily, but for me very interesting, because we just see mother, children who are ready to fight against approaching monsters.
To sum up, "A Quiet Place" is a decent horror, but I have to agree with the facts of others critics and it's that it don't come up to expectations as a horror of the year. But I have to admit I really enjoyed the film and I would recommend anyone who likes "soft" horrors to see it.