Silence is louder than anything

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2018)

In an alternative take on the horror genre, where screaming and loud noises usually are part of the most climatic and frightening moments, A Quiet Place does the opposite and keeps us on our toes, with the constant terror that the characters may slip and make some unwanted noise.
More than everything else, this movie is a metaphor of family relationships, the inability for parents to communicate to their children and the constant sacrifice they go through in order to keep them safe. In particular the actors play their roles almost flawlessly, despite the cliched situation where we have the young girl struggling as she feels not loved, the younger brother trying to overcome his fears and the parents who have to juggle between these situations and their soon to be born new child.
It's a pretty standard set up that thrills the audience through its horrorific set pieces which are characterized by a clean and functional direction, mostly focused on close ups on the characters as they try their best to not let the slightest sound come out of their mouth, no matter what happens.
As the movie builds up to its ending I have to say that it kinda misses the point in a couple of occasions, as if the director felt afraid that there were not enough monsters on screen up to that point and tries to make them appear as many times as humanly possible. That said, the final resolution totally makes up for it.