{"id":21940,"date":"2018-04-25T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=21940"},"modified":"2019-12-03T21:38:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T11:38:41","slug":"a-quiet-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=21940","title":{"rendered":"A Quiet Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>John Krasinski
\nWriter:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Bryan Woods, Scott Beck
\nCast:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>John Krasinski, Emily Blunt<\/p>\n

Contains major spoilers.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A<\/span> Quiet Place<\/span><\/i> lays down the ground rules in the very first scene. \u00a0Whatever you do – <\/span>don\u2019t make a sound<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0If you do, very bad things will happen. \u00a0A family forages around a decimated supermarket, looking for food and supplies. \u00a0They communicate in sign language. They tip-toe around in barefoot. They daren\u2019t say a word. \u00a0Instinctively, the audience follows suit.<\/span><\/p>\n

I watched <\/span>A Quiet Place<\/span><\/i> in the company of at least two dozen people. \u00a0They chatted during the trailers and snacked on popcorn and drinks. \u00a0Once the opening credits rolled, you could hear a pin drop. For ninety minutes this went on. \u00a0It was a cinematic experience unlike any other.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Quiet Place<\/span><\/i> is the directorial debut feature from John Krasinski, best known for his comedic role as Jim in <\/span>The Office<\/span><\/i>.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/i>Krasinski instantly cements his credentials as a storytelling talent behind the camera and additionally, he shows off some fine acting chops in front of it as Lee, the patriarch of the Abbott family. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Abbotts are amongst the few surviving humans in a world decimated by hostile creatures that have a heightened sensitivity to sound. \u00a0As soon as these creatures hear a murmur any louder than a cough, they swarm upon the hapless target and eviscerate them in seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the hundreds of days that have passed since these creatures arrived, Lee Abbott has roamed the country, accompanied by his wife Evelyn and his children Regan (who is deaf) and Marcus. \u00a0Only his youngest child Beau has fallen victim to the creatures, when a well-intentioned Regan gave him a toy space shuttle that makes noises when played with.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love the way that Krasinski lets this film unfold before our eyes. \u00a0In the prologue, we are shown what has become of the world and what happens when a sound is uttered. \u00a0After the title credits, we\u00a0are shown what day to day life is like in a soundless existence. The type of food that is prepared must be soft and inaudible to consume. \u00a0Music can still be enjoyed but only through headphones. To stave off boredom, the family plays board games like Monopoly with the usual\u00a0game pieces replaced with woolen facsimiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we get too comfortable with watching the Abbott\u2019s lives, some game-changing dilemmas are revealed to the audience. \u00a0Regan struggles to process how her actions contributed to Beau\u2019s death and plans to run away from home. Evelyn is pregnant and its not clear how the Abbotts can silently deliver an infant through labour or keep it quiet after birth. \u00a0And if that wasn\u2019t enough, there\u2019s a nasty looking nail sticking out of the staircase just waiting for an unsuspecting Abbott to step on.<\/span><\/p>\n

These precarious situations fray our nerves (especially that damn nail).\u00a0 We care about the fate of the Abbotts thanks to the fine acting from John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe, all of whom turn in likeable performances that are virtually silent and mostly reliant on communication through sign language and facial expressions.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Quiet Place<\/span><\/i>\u2019s third act puts the Abbotts and the audience through the ringer. \u00a0It is a terrifying grind that frequently tosses the hapless family members out of the fire and into the frying pan. \u00a0One disaster leads into the next. The film plays a deft hand and doesn\u2019t really telegraph who will survive to the end credits, if anyone at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Quiet Place<\/span><\/i> is a gripping monster movie that has a fantastic core idea from which Krasinski is able to ring out the maximum amount of mileage. \u00a0It already feels like a bonafide horror classic and reminds me stylistically of the best Stephen King tales. In fact the famous horror author publicly endorsed Krasinski and the film, giving it a full throated endorsement after seeing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

And why not?\u00a0 This is a film that is inch perfect in achieving what it sets out to do.\u00a0 It is a lean, mean ninety minutes and there isn’t a single wasted second on the screen.\u00a0\u00a0A Quiet Place<\/em> starts out strong and finishes at precisely the right moment<\/em>, nailing that memorable final shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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