Yet another story of a mother and her two children

Rating: 5/10 (21 December 2018)

Although Bird Box is based off of a famous novel written before "A Quiet Place" I still struggle finding true originality from this film. The storytelling is rather slow and is mainly your typical one big journey and flashbacks -type of film, in which the triplet travels along a river.
First half of the movie is rather interesting, taking place when the pandemonium started. But the plot itself falls kinda flat and the character development is rather poor. They're trying to build the mother to be cold and strong, but fail, for the character is filled with conflicts of interest. (Such as who she holds dear and how she interacts with other people)
Unlike the statistics suggest, it's not actually a horror film - rather a thriller filled with mild violence. If you're expecting blood and guts, don't bother really.
Bird Box isn't too original and it doesn't really give anything new to the genre, except for the really cool set up of something unknown that goes out making people want to kill themselvs. And trust me, it's not your average demon they're dealing with. Long story short, it could've been better and I would've loved to see some other characters' perspectives as well. (Fish Fingers etc).
The ending falls flat, but it's a film worth seeing. In the end two hours might feel a bit too long, but it's a good "horror" film for those, who aren't too keen on watching actual horror.