Acting papers over plot holes.

Rating: 6/10 (17 April 2018)

I came away from "A Quiet Place" thinking that I wished I'd found the film on my own, and not gone to see it following the glowing reviews it's received. It's not that it's not good, it's just that my expectation for it were too high.
In the near future, the Planet has been invaded by vicious armoured creatures, who cannot see, but have acute hearing. The film takes place several months after the initial attack, and when the majority of the population has been lost. Lee Abbot (debut director John Krasinski), his wife (Emily Blunt) and their three children are surviving in near silence, in a remote farm.
For his debut feature film, John Krasinski has crafted a subtle, interesting, if a little derivative science fiction horror film that reminded me of "Signs" and "Pitch Black". Tone and performance are extremely good, especially, as you might expect, from Emily Blunt, who undergoes most of the physical suffering in this story. But Millicent Simmonds deserves heaps of praise too.
It's just a bit of a shame then, that in reflection it felt anticlimactical relative to the notices that it's received elsewhere. Though the need for the family to remain quiet is a fresh twist, it's a fairly straightforward story, even a little clichéd at times and as numerous others have pointed out, there are plot holes you could push a corn silo through.
I wish I'd found it on my own, it would be a brilliant cult movie... but as a mainstream hit, it's a disappointment.