“A Quiet Place” made its world premiere at SXSW last night, and critics are — wait for it — speechless. John Krasinski’s horror film starring himself, his wife Emily Blunt, and Millicent Simmonds of “Wonderstruck” is earning raves so far, with IndieWire’s Eric Kohn giving it a B+. “Utilizing the pure physicality of a cast you can count on one hand,” he writes, “the movie maintains a minimalist dread throughout, with every footstep or sudden move carrying the potential for instant death.”
Here’s what other reviewers have to say:
Variety‘s Owen Gleibermann offers praise while admitting that it’s all a bit silly:
“‘A Quiet Place’ is a tautly original genre-bending exercise, technically sleek and accomplished, with some vivid, scary moments, though it’s a little too in love with the stoned logic of its own premise. The film generates a free-floating dread out of the fact that...
Here’s what other reviewers have to say:
Variety‘s Owen Gleibermann offers praise while admitting that it’s all a bit silly:
“‘A Quiet Place’ is a tautly original genre-bending exercise, technically sleek and accomplished, with some vivid, scary moments, though it’s a little too in love with the stoned logic of its own premise. The film generates a free-floating dread out of the fact that...
- 3/10/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
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