Movie Review - A Quiet Place (Spoiler-free)
It is truly amazing this movie is able to pack so much into so little. It's a short movie, only 1:23 not counting the credits, and yet it feels like two hours. And there's barely enough dialog to fill a sheet of paper: it feels like we know every character's life stories.
Right out of the gate, in his big screen directorial debut, John Krasinski has shown us he knows his craft. Every scene felt like it was hand crafted, over and over, until it was perfected. There isn't a wasted second in a single scene. (Which makes finding Peetimes particularly challenging.)
If you're not typically a fan of horror films then let me put your mind at ease. This isn't a slasher film. There's very little blood and no gore. I think Krasinski said himself that he's not a fan of gory films. There is however an abundance of suspense — similar to Alien.
Everyone's performance is outstanding, but I have to say Emily Blunt stands out. Facial expressions and gestures have to be emphasized to make up for the lack of dialog in the movie. No one does it better than Blunt. She was just... Wow.
The only reason I'm not giving this movie an A+ is that it feels, in tone and subject, almost exactly like the movie Signs, by M Night Shyamalan. But in my opinion, Signs is just ever so slightly better.
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