In essence a rather surprising good film which ramps up the suspense

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2018)

REVIEW - BIRD BOX
Netflix Original
Recently a film came out called A Quiet Place which used creatures who hunted by sound so a family surviving used the sign language they had learnt to survive and communication because their daughter was Deaf.
Bird Box uses a loss of another one of our senses to explore the subject of mother and child love and survival.
Imagine something when seen makes you want to take your own life, this is the premise for this film but it touches on so much more, a mother who is unsure realising that she does indeed love her children set against trying to survive whilst being blind folded.
Jumping back to 5 years ago we see what happens initially and what led up to where the family find themselves now.
What I love about this film is as with A Quiet Place, we don't know what the creatures are, where they have come from or why they are doing what they are doing.
One thing I did find confusing was that some people after seeing these creatures didn't have the urge to commit suicide but went around looking for those in hiding, working alongside the creatures. An excuse for this was touched upon but personally I felt this didn't work, it would have been far better to have those working with the creatures to be people with partial sight (no spoilers).
In essence a rather surprising good film which ramps up the suspense.
There may have been a twist at the end, watch the young girl and her blind fold on 2 occasions but as with A Quiet Place I hope they don't decide to make a sequel.
Rating 9 out of 10