By Emilio Frenk.
Director: John Krasinski
Cast: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Milicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cade Woodward and Leon Russom.
Rating: Excellent.
Actor/Filmmaker John Krasinski brings “ A Quiet Place” his third film as a filmmaker and the results are astonishing.
The film takes place after the events of 2020 and centers in Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt), her husband Lee (John Krasinski) and their children Regan (Milicent Simmonds), Marcus (Noah Jupe) and Beau (Cade Woodward), The family stands as one of the few survivors of Earth´s population after the planet has been wiped by creatures known as the “Death Angels” who have the ability to attack when they hear any sound.
Now the Abbotts are forced to live in silence and communicate each other in sign language in order to survive.
“A Quiet Place” is a movie that works at all levels. John Krasinski´s acting, directing and writing was amazing and honestly I have to say I was impressed.
I remember when I watched the trailers for the film and to be completely honest I was very skeptical towards the film. Again I gave the benefit of doubt and I was very pleased with the result of the film.
The screenplay that Krasinski wrote with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck was very original and I feel that all of them were influenced by films from Alfred Hitchcock, M. Night Shyamalan and Guillermo Del Toro, due to the level of suspense that this film posseses.
The characters are very rich and I liked the fact that Krasinski triggered the internal conflicts in every single one of the characters.
Krasinski´s directing is also superb since making a film like this where there is not so much dialogue and most of it is sound design.
Emily Blunt´s performance is really good, Krasisnki´s is very good too and the children Millicent Simmonds who portrays the older daughter and is a real life deaf child.
Krasinski is a very smart director and he proved here with this film that I do consider it a masterpiece in the thriller genre. He knew how to play with the most intense moments in the film, he knew how to tell a good story and it was evident that he studied this genre very well from head to toe.
After last year´s “Get Out” and now “A Quiet Place” I would not be surprised if I see this film in next year´s awards season.
“A Quiet Place” is not only one of the best thrillers I have seen in a while, but one of the best films of this year. I highly recommend it and I can guarantee you that you will enjoy it.