A missed opportunity!

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2018)

This movie was entertaining, and best of all, it was different. The movie made me realize how important sound is to our lives, and it became intolerable for me about 10 minutes in that most of the movie revolved around the main characters keeping quiet in order to survive. I was just so used to the background music, dialogue and explosion in modern cinema that this movie made me uneasy. This is what made the concept so original and interesting. It definitely kept me intrigued.
This could have been such a great movie, unfortunately it was not executed well enough. The story was just too bland. One of the most touching and emotional scenes in a movie of (probably) the year cannot excuse its extremely slow build-up and poor suspense factor throughout what should be a horror/thriller movie.
However, I cannot praise the acting of ALL the actors well enough. Everyone did a stellar job, especially Millicent Simmonds. Her character was the cause of most of their problems and was extremely unlikable. She was such a great character! She exhibited perfectly the ignorant entitlement of most children. Although, you knew all she needed was to feel loved, you just couldn't feel sorry for Miss Danger Magnet. Let's be honest here, she isn't very good-looking, and this adds to the fact that people are more readily eager to dislike unattractive people. This, I think, is where the casting did an A+ job.
Of course, the biggest twist of all is that the producer, Michael Bay, known for sound effects and explosions, produced a movie in which most of the movie was devoid of sound.
I would recommend a watch. However, do not expect a masterpiece. I think the very high IMDB score makes no sense to me, but to each their own. There is no reason not to watch this movie as it is well worth the price just for its uniqueness alone.