A Quiet Place
****4 out of 5 star rating What if your life depended on complete silence? That is the basis for John Krasinski's ( The Office ) film, A Quiet Place. The movie is a post-apocalyptic ( beginning on Day 89) story of how a family survives among the population of blind, blood-thirsty, unbelievably fast monsters that rely on their super-developed hearing to seek and devour their prey. The Quiet Place is a thriller that promises the movie goer a roller-coaster ride of intense emotions. In the opening scene, we learn that this family knows sign language. Why? The oldest daughter (deaf actress, Millicent Simmonds) is deaf. As they are tiptoeing through a rundown Superstore, we get our first glimpse of the family of five. The tension continues to build on the walk home with the knowledge that the youngest of the family took the batteries to his newly acquired electronic rocket. Of course, this is unknown to the rest of the family. You can see this in the trailer, so no spoiler...