A QUIET PLACE NETFLIX MOVIE
It’s like the movie ran out of interesting scenarios where everyone is just dodging Vesps (“interesting” is a stretch there), and decided “hey let’s just throw some crazy people in there.” I think the film would have been a lot better if it was just about the cult alone. Then they don’t actually do anything dangerous to the family until there are maybe 10 minutes left. The problem is that the cult does not show up in the movie until there are 20 minutes left. This seems like a bit of an overreaction when it’s, uh, like four days into the apocalypse, but sure, why not.
The cult, it turns out, is vaguely religious and believes in cutting out their tongues in order to maintain silence, because just “not talking” isn’t extreme enough.
One of the weirdest parts about this movie is that it hooked me in part because it seemed like it was going to have at least one interesting difference from A Quiet Place, as the synopsis talks about a cult the family encounters during this monster attack. I can’t say I’m a huge Kiernan Shipka fan, as she didn’t do much for me as the lead here, but I haven’t seen her in Sabrina yet, so perhaps she shines more in that role. Here, we have no such star to take it to the next level, as much as I may like the work of several of the actors here. Bird Box was just okay to me, but the concept was more interesting than this and Sandra Bullock elevated that film to be better than it had any right being. The Silence is not even as good as Bird Box, and actually makes Bird Box look like… A Quiet Place by comparison of quality. The writing, the editing, the acting, the sound, especially the sound, is just several notches below the John Krasinski film, and it feels like one of those straight-to-DVD knockoffs from that one company that pumps out titles like Transmorphers or The Revengers to try to capitalize on popular box office trends.
The Silence is actually based on a book from 2015, which predates 2018’s A Quiet Place, so if anyone stole anything from anyone, it could be the other way around, though I haven’t heard any accusations to that effect.īut The Silence is just…not nearly as good as A Quiet Place, not even close. Look, I’m not saying that The Silence stole this idea from A Quiet Place.