“This ignites his career in terms of a director,” Bock said. “A Quiet Place” is Krasinski’s third directorial effort, but his first for a major studio. John Krasinski’s studio directorial debut It’s likely that audiences will be curious to see Blunt and Krasinski play a married couple with kids.ĥ. They’ve both worked in the biz for years, but “A Quiet Place” marks the first time the two have acted alongside each other on the big screen. Yes, fans will forever associate Krasinski with Jenna Fischer, his TV soulmate on “The Office.” But as celebrity power couples go, Krasinski and Emily Blunt will always be favorites. Emily Blunt and John Krasinski play an on-screen couple That was the case for racial satire “Get Out,” and to a lesser degree, the same could be said for “A Quiet Place.” At its core, Krasinski told Variety the movie is a metaphor for “parenthood, the idea of protecting your kids, and how far would you go to protect them.” However, critics have also pointed to the apocalyptic monster movie’s parallels of political unrest in America. “The deeper a film can go in terms of messages, the stronger it will be in terms of targeting more of a demographic,” Bock said.Ĥ. Horror movies usually have a simple premise, but it’s a film with a deeper message that can truly grab an audience. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman was among the praise, describing the film as “a tautly original genre-bending exercise, technically sleek and accomplished, with some vivid, scary moments, though it’s a little too in love with the stoned logic of its own premise.” The supernatural thriller currently holds an impressive 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a solid B+ rating on CinemaScore. While word of mouth definitely holds a lot of weight, a strong critical consensus doesn’t hurt.

“It lights like wildfire when it catches the right demographic.” “Word of mouth is so powerful,” Jeff Bock, a box office analysts, said.

And sure enough, “A Quiet Place” drew massive attention when it debuted to rave reviews in March.

But it wasn’t until the first time it screened, which was at the opening night of South by Southwest, that audiences knew what they were getting from the film. Anticipation has been building for “A Quiet Place” since its first official trailer aired during the Super Bowl.

A quiet place (2018)