(3.5 / 4)
Upon initial glance, A Quiet Place seems mundanely familiar and it would be understandable why a viewer might relegate the film as a story they have seen countless times before. In the last few years alone films like The Witch, Don’t Breath, and last year’s It Comes at Night have had similar features to A Quiet Place, whether it be the familial struggle in the wilderness or being forced to remain quiet in order to evade a dangerous force. The horror genre is indeed a crowded category and it is understandable why many might believe it to be devoid of original ideas, but A Quiet Place demonstrates that this is not the case. The film, which marks John Krasinski’s first directorial picture with a major studio, maximizes its clever setting and well-acted characters to deliver a taut thriller that breaks many horror conventions leading the viewer to never be confident of where the film will go next.