‘A Quiet Place’
The world’s gone to hell; everybody’s keeping deathly silent; and A Quiet Place doesn’t wait too long to show you exactly why. Director John Krasinski has delivered an incredibly effective monster movie, but more importantly he’s delivered an uncommon viewing experience for audiences willing to sit in terrified silence as the family in the film (Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and their three children) devise endless methods of staying alive while the sickeningly fast and unvulnerable creatures prowl just out of sight. The filmmaking is taut and fully focused on the close bonds the characters share, and in Emily Blunt, we get one of the year’s great actress performances. Find a way to watch it in the darkest, quietest room possible.