Not a Quiet Place rip-off, despite similarities

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2018)

While the movie itself seems to have been inspired by A Quiet Place in terms of directing and scenery, you have to remember that this movie was based off of a book - it's fairly easy to say anything is a rip off of anything else, and as someone who saw and loved A Quiet Place, I was pretty turned off to Bird Box when I first started watching.
That said, getting past the similarities proved that Bird Box could be a damn enjoyable movie, if you allow it to be. The "side" characters all seem fairly cliche and predictable in their actions, and the whole thing has a very usual post-apocalyptic shtick - TV reports, "but it's not where we live yet, oh now it is", vague radio updates, etc. It's not necessarily anything that hasn't been done before, but it creates some fairly tense scenes and overall has strong performances from the cast.
So if were like me and find yourself a bit turned off from it... all I have to say is let the pride go a little and let the film play. I'm glad I did.