Thrilling, gripping and tense.

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2018)

'A Quiet Place' is directed by John Krasinski and stars himself, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe and is the story of a world ravaged by monsters who hunt by sound. Even the slightest noise could mean death. So we follow this family trying to live in absolute silence as they live their everyday lives.

John Krasinski shows himself to be a more than capable director, as this is his third directorial feature film. The way he conducts the camera is immaculate and the cinematography is lush and vibrant. Krasinski gives a stellar performance in this film, that is full of subtlety. Emily Blunt is just absolutely magnificent in this film, one scene in particular which could be done laughably, but she truly ensures the maximum believability and was enthralling. Millicent Simmonds as their deaf daughter, also being deaf in real life, is fantastic and truly understood her character.

The monsters really posed as a threat to this family, and their designs looked very outlandish. Almost all the scares in the film were extremely suspenseful, and the tension builds throughout the film to a whopper of a finale. Although, occasionally, the film can divert back to the common horror tropes of fake jump scares, but the majority of the time every tension filled scare is worth it.

Although horror is a large part of this film, there is an equal amount of heartwarming relations centred around family. The family dynamic glistens with love throughout the whole film, and due to trauma set up within the opening act, those complications come into play. The film is paced very consistently, having never a dull moment. It is a film that is easy to pick apart from a screenplay point of view. There are nitpicks you can have with certain things that happen, and things the family use. But if you delve to far into those unnecessary qualms, the core of the film is lost.

'A Quiet Place' is as terrifyingly thrilling as it is heartwarming. Kransinski's vision is very clear, and hits home for what he his trying to achieve. There are some unnecessary nitpicks and fake unearned jump scares, but the crucial core still beams with creativity and thrills. If you're looking for that gripping horror-thriller, this will be your ticket.