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A Quiet Place Deserved More Awards.

  • Writer: Laurel Walls
    Laurel Walls
  • Mar 25, 2019
  • 3 min read

**This post may contain spoilers**


I know I'm a little bit late to the A Quiet Place party, but better late than never. I just watched it for the first time this morning and it was incredible. Every single piece of it fell together so perfectly and immediately sucked me in. Shockingly, this horror movie even made me cry at some parts. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.


There's so much to be said about the quality of this movie, so let's just start with the acting. All parts really delivered and just blew me away. It's so hard to show what a character is thinking and feeling when there's no spoken dialogue. You don't want to look like you're overdoing it with the facial expressions, but you want to make sure that the point gets across. Everyone involved made sure that their acting was the perfect balance, especially Emily Blunt. She was absolutely amazing in this film and deserved more than 1 win for this performance. There's not enough words I can put in this post about how perfect she was. She had a nail go through her foot while in labor and being hunted by the creature, and I didn't question it for a second because she's just that good. She was billed as the supporting actress in the film, but in my opinion should've been dubbed the lead. Now onto John Krasinski who not only starred but also, directed, wrote, and produced this movie. The acting once again was above and beyond. He conveyed his pain and worries so well and never once fell out of character. He maintained the face of someone under a great deal of stress for the entirety of this movie. While he was also incredible, Emily Blunt was superior. The children that starred in this movie clearly are going to have long successful careers after this because they were fantastic. The emotions portrayed by the deaf actress Millicent Simmonds over the emotions she felt towards her father and that she felt responsible for the death of her brother, were nothing short of astounding. She brought so much depth to her character and breathed even more life into the movie. Finally, Noah Jupe, another perfect performance in this movie. For him to be able to convey his intense fear and emotions at such a young age is unbelievable. He may have taken the back burner in a fair amount of scenes, but no doubt they wouldn't be as good without him.


The next thing we need to talk about is the excellent direction by John Krasinski. Every shot was so beautiful and added so much to the film as a whole. The scene where John and Emily are dancing in the basement, the camerawork on that is breathtaking. It's such a beautiful scene and such an important moment of peace in the film. Every single shot in this movie was exactly how it should have been, nothing took me out of it for a second which is what you want. The bridge shot was gorgeous even though it led up to such a sad moment. It looked perfect and pristine like you wouldn't expect something bad to happen but deep in your gut you knew. John deserves so much credit for his work on this film that no one gave him. He couldn't even get a nod at award shows.


The final and most important aspect of this movie is the sound. The movie is mostly quiet and really relies on the small sounds to build the suspense and induce anxiety. The footsteps in the house, the creaking of the floors, the movement of the creature, every single bit of sound is important. When the glass of the lantern breaks you get a pit in your stomach because you know the sound draws in the creature. There is so much importance layered on sound in this film that it is absolutely ridiculous it didn't win best sound editing at the Oscar's. I can't even comprehend how that happened. The sound in this movie strongly reminds me of the sound in No Country For Old Men which was also snubbed out of it's sound editing Oscar in 2007. I guess it's true that the best can never really win.


This movie is definitely worth seeing whether you like the horror genre or not. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time and I didn't want to stop watching. I even yelled out, "THAT'S IT!?" at the end because I was ready for more. Thank god John Krasinski is making a second one because I have to know what happens. It's woefully under-rewarded, so hopefully the second time around it will get the appreciation it deserves. I wrap up with a statement that has only been enforced by this movie, The Academy hates horror movies.


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