Review of A Quiet Place (2016) by Nerdzrule E — 14 Jul 2018

There will be spoilers...but first, a quote from Alanis Morissette "I don't like to dissect everything today, I don't mean to pick you apart you see but I caaaaan't help it.".

This movie had a "certified Fresh" sticker on it at the store (I rented it from Redbox).

First: Why I gave it the two stars I did. It wasn't overly graphic, didn't depend on screaming and cussing to maintain an air of tension, it drew attention to Cochlear Implants,, was choreographed well, and had at least a little bit of an emotional foundation.".

Now, why didn't I give it five stars? It's Swiss Cheese. There are so many plot holes you could fly a 747 through it without touching the plot.

These people have neighbors. At least two, maybe three within a 20 mile radius. They have been there a while as they've all gotten synchronized with their signal fires. And yet, with that population density in Hoboken-wherever-they-are there is nobody listening at the other end of any of the international short wave emergency frequencies?

They burn candles like they're going out of style. They have at least limited electricity (we'll get to that next) but they have 30 freaking candles burning all over the room. After day 400+ how are they replenishing their stock?

Electricity...we're a year past the downfall of humanity and there is still electricity? Nuclear power plants would have gone into automatic shut down with no user input and power distribution grids require regular maintenance. These people aren't running a generator or they would need gasoline and the sound of the generator would attract every "thing" out there.

Speaking of sound. This guy has electricity. I can walk around my nowhere town and find dozens of loudspeakers all over the place. So if the sound of a river or waterfall is enough to confuse the "things" then why not set up speakers and broadcast white noise to confuse them.

Why can't these "ruthlessly intelligent" creatures tell the difference between a waterfall and a guy yelling? They seem to be smart enough that, although they're apparently alien (who knows WHERE they came from) and have no concept of a truck, when they hear the boy scream and find only a metal box they just KNOW there is a person in there and that the tasteless metal box didn't make that sound.

There is still running water available despite the fact that, again, there aren't any people around to maintain the power grid and water system.

The dad put the baby in the casket...I mean, sound proof crib with the oxygen mask on and didn't swaddle the baby to keep it from taking the mask off. Though I'm assuming that if it DID take the mask off there would still be oxygen being pumped into the crib...from an oxygen tank that they have no way to refill and that makes a whistling/ringing sound as it discharges.

I have a friend with a Cochlear implant. She goes through a lot of batteries. Where did they find enough batteries for her implant to be working a year after doomsday?

There are just SOOO many more. It was sufficiently suspenseful and well acted but I just could't enjoy it fully with all the holes. I can't imagine how this thing got certified fresh or has such glowing critic reviews.