A Quiet Place (2018)

Directed by

John Krasinski

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, thriller film, apocalyptic film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 15,464 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family tries to survive in a world overrun by blind monsters that hunt by sound. The parents must protect their children while staying completely silent.

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What happens

A Quiet Place is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror film directed by John Krasinski, from a screenplay co-written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and Krasinski based on a story Beck and Woods conceived. It tells the story of a mother (Emily Blunt) and father (Krasinski) who struggle to survive and raise their children (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing. Beck and Woods developed the concept for the story while in college, and began writing the screenplay in January 2016. They told Platinum Dunes producers that they wanted Blunt for the role of the mother. In July 2016, Krasinski read their script for the role of the father. He spoke with Blunt about his ideas for the story, and she suggested he direct the film. Blunt initially did not take the role, but later felt connected to the story after reading the script. The two collaborated on ideas for the film during pre-production. Krasinski was announced as director, co-writer, and co-star with Blunt in March 2017. Filming took place in upstate New York from May to November 2017. A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures. It grossed more than $340 million worldwide and received critical acclaim. It was chosen by the National Board of Review and American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of 2018, and received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, and Blunt won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. It is the first film in the A Quiet Place universe. Its sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, was released in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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