In some ways, this film is a minor miracle. It's a film that gets an entire audience, in this modern era when everybody seems to treat a cinema like a loungeroom and mutters to their neighbour, texts away or generally respects none of the rules of civilised cinemagoers - and makes them be completely silent. It's a simple premise - the world is threatened by monsters who track people by sound, and only by being as quiet as possible can one family survive - but it's executed expertly and tensely.
There are certainly things that will make you think "hey, what about..." after the film is done - but this is a machine for producing fear in the cinema, not one for logical deconstruction afterwards. John Krazinski both stars and directs, with his directing showing surprising skill, and his chemistry with his on-and-off-screen-wife is instantly palpable (in a way a lot of real life couples have struggled to maintain). Millicent Simmonds, the American-Sign-Language speaking actress who plays their deaf daughter is strongly convincing, as is Noah Jupe as their son.
There's very little to say except that this is an excellent example of cinema of terror and should be watched preferably with a full cinema of people holding their breaths for about 90 odd minutes.
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