There have been other recent films to embrace the tenacity of silence (such as Don’t Breathe and Lights Out), but none have had such a soft and accessible paternal curb as A Quiet Place.
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And for the love of God, please don’t have allergies. The high concept of the movie might seem too ambitious for its own good, but then you sit in the theater, and the numbing silence assures us that what’s happening isn’t just good or great…it’s absolutely visceral. Love is terrifying, and by that little definition, the film is a love story.Ī Quiet Place is as scary as it is smart and takes a deeply empathetic approach to the dynamics of trust and belief set in a world where the enemy hunts you by way of sound, and therefore, where you’re forced to repress an intrinsic biological feature. A Quiet Place has jump scares and threads a thin needle of terror, but it also reminds us of the great lengths we’re willing to go (let alone capable of weathering) for those who truly matter. These kids will never experience the world the way that their parents did, so why do these people continue on? Perhaps, I’d argue, because they don’t know any better, and because each generation – for whatever laundry list of reasons – hopes that its progeny outlives its predecessors. Socrates allegedly once said, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” And so, according to those unapologetic words, A Quiet Place explores a new brand of emotional development. This film refuses to give in to the grim reaper or the uniquely drawn devil hopping about on each of our shoulders. The lack of sound only makes the blind belief and the trust they share all the more eye-openingĪ Quiet Place has a lot to vocalize about how we relate to one another on different levels, but I’m not sure any of it is more meaningful or as ubiquitous as the battle of life against death. And how the relationships between parent and child – and how they change with the times – are purely symbiotic, to the point that we evolve from teacher/student to dueling professors in the way of life. How water can boil over when left unmanaged. How we suppress the emotions circling in our core. How we treat one another in times of trial.
For all of the tightropes and plank walks, A Quiet Place can be reduced to a film about family.
The deaf Regan ( Millicent Simmonds, as tremendous here as she was in the beautiful Wonderstruck), needs to obtain a level of redemption. The cautious and weary Marcus ( Noah Jupe) needs to find bravery. After great tragedy – and an open that sets up this world better than almost any other of its kind – the children are in disarray. By comparison, wife Evelyn ( Emily Blunt) is the nurturer, a calm and collected voice of reason who offers assurance.
Lee ( John Krasinski) is the patriarch, a kind and stern man who says “NO!” with such silently lasered eyes that we easily comprehend his nix. Food is passed around the table in leaves and the plates set on a noiseless cloth. A Quiet Place takes its title literally, transforming the noisy theater into a contemplative and communal place of prayer where all walks of life are welcomed to carefully consider the effects of dread and regret, and it’s likely to be one of the most efficient, emotional films you’ll see this year. Then the lights went dim, the film began, and for 90 straight minutes I didn’t hear a single peep outside of a shriek or a scream. “This is my nightmare,” I thought, especially as a trio of kids (who were 10 at max and definitely told their parents they were actually seeing Sherlock Gnomes) came sprinting down the stairs. Walking into A Quiet Place, a surprisingly PG-13 rated movie (if kids can handle this, they can surely handle a little nudity and sex to go with all that violence), all I could hear were immature young men talking in squeaky voices, popcorn being crunched, drinks slurped, and the animated shutter of countless iPhone cameras. I normally try to avoid opening night for blockbusters / horror films because the unpredictable crowds always scare me.
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