Not so quite...

Rating: 5/10 (26 April 2018)

Let's cut to the chase: This story is somewhat incomplete in its telling and does leave many plot holes behind. Discrepancies in the movie not only hurt the coherence of the script, but also the believability of the suspense elements.
For instance... What is an acceptable level of sound to stay safe in the very same environment changes constantly throughout the movie. In one scene they are not even whispering but communicating through sign language even if they do not know is something is nearby, and in another scene they are talking when the danger is patrolling so very close-by.
Somehow, an uncountable number of misfortunes follow one another in a very short span of time, just the keep the atmosphere suspenseful. One bad thing happens and is dealt with, another misfortune pops up and is again dealt with, and... well, this "out of luck" trend just does not stop and without reason, too. There is not a natural flow to the story. The whole movie feels like a very artificial and misguided effort to build suspense.
All in all, the story just does not make sense. How the first victim is lost to the threat can only be described in even the most normal of circumstances as absolutely horrible parenting in our daily lives. And to make it even worse, the parents decide to make yet another disastrous and "most untimely" mistake in such a threat-filled environment.
Also, the characters are somewhat stereotypical for a movie themed as such. A deaf girl (since the movie is about silence), a know-it-all scientific father working on an ear-piece for the girl (someone to work on the problem, check), a coming-of-age boy who has to face his fears etc. etc.
To sum it up, I only give this movie 5/10 because you can actually manage to watch it until the very end wondering what may happen, even though it all ends just like you expect it from the very beginning (Well, if you are familiar with such themes, that is). On the brighter side, the creature design and incorporation of it into the movie sticks out as the most successful feature of the whole experience. But, to be brutally honest, that is all there is to it, and nothing more.
What the fuss is all about, I will never know.