A Quiet Place Review: 9 Ups & 1 Down

8. The Fantastic Performances

The movie focuses squarely on the central family members with barely any other human roles to speak of, giving John Krasinski and Emily Blunt the floor to deliver arguably the two best performances of their careers.

It undeniably helps that the pair are married with children in real life, and that bond comes across superbly well here, while each also gets plenty of time to shine on their own in more isolated moments.

That's not to ignore child actors Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe as the couple's daughter and son. Avoiding the typical child actor trappings with ease, Simmonds in particular is terrific - and playing a deaf character, it's nice to know Krasinski hired a deaf actress to play the part - and they get almost as much to do as the adults.

There's not a weak link among the central performers, and everyone brings their A-game to the table.