Interesting premise executed terribly

Rating: 4/10 (6 April 2018)

Consider this, planet taken over by blind alien monsters, who track you by your sound. Silence is your survival. This premise could definitely have gone places.
But "A Quiet Place" , ends up being mediocre and cliched at best. It starts out very interestingly. I mean it's difficult keeping your audience glued to the screen without the characters speaking a single word and minimal back ground music. I give it to Krasinski for building the required tension. The shocker in the first 10 mins is gut wrenching. And you definitely expect the things to get scarier and wish the proceedings are unpredictable.
However, the creative team settles for tried and tested cliches. The story goes on predictable and sometimes really silly lines. The makers have woven the whole story around the main characters and their decisions, which are outrightly flawed. They do everything, which no one in their right minds would do given the situations. 1) You know the consequences. It's not like world's run out of electricity. Moreover the monsters are blind. Yet, why would you let your kids play with a lantern placed so close to them? 2) You not only give into a 3-4 year old kid's demand for a noisy toy but also leave the batteries well in his reach. Given the whole monster scenario, again a dumb move 3) Earth is not a safe place. Noise hunting monsters are running around. Then why would you want to bring a baby in such a world? Seriously?
Agreed there are some really terrific moments but they are watered down by foot ball field sized plot holes.
The culmination is very convenient and does not make it any better. This is a classic case of interesting idea gone wrong at execution level.
I still don't understand what are critics raving about this below average movie. A trend I have seen, quiet prevalent these days.