I knew I couldn't trust John Krasinski

Rating: 5/10 (6 April 2018)

Spoilers abound below...
I have a MoviePass so I see a ton of movies these days. After seeing numerous trailers for this one, I scoffed at how awful it must be to watch a movie with basically no dialogue, and planned on skipping it. But after seeing very high reviews, my interest got the better of me, and I went.
And it was awful as I expected.
Although a tad slow, the movie was coming along okay until it was revealed that they had a shotgun the whole time. I thought, okay well maybe it isn't effective? But then at the end, yes indeed the shotgun does kill the creatures when shot in the head. The movie instantly became nonsensical. The entire time, all they had to do was kill one, then wait for the other two to hear the gunshot, and then kill both of them once they came close. END OF MOVIE.
But let's pretend perhaps they move too fast to kill unless the hearing aid interference is used to slow them down. Then if the family collectively had half a brain, they would set off a diversion, like the fireworks or the alarm clock that they used, and then shoot them while they are all jumping towards the diversion. END OF MOVIE.
If we can somehow ignore those major plot fails, let me just mention several other things that made the movie dumb to me.
1. So they can talk while they are by something in nature making a loud noise, like by a waterfall or a river? Then just hang out there at ALL TIMES. Build your house there, and just stay there, talk normally, be safe.
2. I have to assume that she got pregnant accidentally? They sure didn't seem very concerned about it, seeing that a newborn baby would be constantly crying and drawing attention, putting the entire family's lives in danger. Amazingly, the baby hardly makes a peep, but how were they supposed to know that? They did have that quiet basement room, but they kept taking the baby out of there anyway. One cry you're all dead, people!
3. That nail on the stairs...you really don't pull it out after stepping on it? Every time someone else came down those stairs, they were inches from certain death if they were to accidentally step on it and scream. Huge liability there, but nobody seemed to think it was a big deal.
4. When John Krasinski gets attacked at the end, he had not made a sound. How did the creature know he was there? He screamed afterwards to save the kids, but that's only because he was mortally wounded and was going to die anyway.
There were tons more ways to stay perpetually safe, like building a high tower, or a really deep hole. They had all the time in the world, so why not?
Way too much suspension of disbelief required, and yes, it sucks having a movie with no dialogue. John seems to think he can ride out his The Office fame and make movies. Well, you're way too amateur John. Maybe set up a reunion of The Office, as I like you much better as Jim Halpert.