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A Quiet Place Part II

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A Quiet Place: Part II

2020

John Krasinski

Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe ...

6.4

18,956

Horror. Thriller. Fantasy. Mystery Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It’s a really effective and engrossing followup, with an absolutely sensational 'prelude' sequence at the top of the movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"It’s another breathless chamber piece, expertly crafted to pack dread into every nerve-rattling sound (...) [Its] jolts are not cheap tricks but immersive approximations of what the people onscreen are experiencing"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] proves to be an even fiercer and more emotional experience than the first instalment (...) This superb piece of mainstream horror filmmaking is bolstered by some terrific performances"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"The new film merely extends the assumption that if you’re on board for the ride, logic shouldn’t matter (...) A cunningly executed thriller that will leave half the audience wondering, 'Why didn’t they just do that in the first place?'"
		Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"As an experience, 'A Quiet Place Part II' is still riveting and intense and should check all the boxes for most audiences"
		Brian Truitt USA Today	"The creatures are still freaky, the soundscapes are still interesting, Emily Blunt is still the second coming of Sigourney Weaver and this time the storyline expands the world (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Ian Freer Empire	"[It] might lack the smarts and novelty of its predecessor but it serves up strong set- pieces, Millicent Simmonds shines and Krasinski remains a director to watch (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"The momentum that Krasinski builds into the jump-out-of-your-seat narrative makes it the perfect thriller to get summer audiences back into movie theaters where everything is dark and everyone can hear you scream."
		Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"For all its atmosphere and visual intricacy (...) [it] feels incomplete by design (...) A viscerally effective endgame that nonetheless seems content to reiterate rather than build on its predecessor’s revelations"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"The conceit that drives this burgeoning franchise (...) makes for effective enough horror and tension (...) Krasinski hasn’t lost sight of the human drama that makes it all work"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"'A Quiet Place Part II' builds upon the first film in surprising, intimate, and sophisticated ways (...) A satisfying, worthwhile sequel (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"The moments in which humans and monsters clash are incredibly robust and kinetic, and succeed at getting you to think of nothing else in the story but the terror on screen (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"A charmingly unambitious, ultimately enjoyable step down of a sequel: A controlled expansion where novelty fades to reveal technical prowess and contempt starts peeking out behind familiarity"
		Jim Vejvoda IGN	"A highly exciting and well-acted follow-up (...) The film never loses sight of the emotional intimacy between the characters that made the first movie work so well."
		Vinnie Mancuso Collider	"The way Krasinski manages to build visual chaos with such a vivid human core at its center suggests 'A Quiet Place' actually has the staying power of a major modern horror epic."
		Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"Is it a horror or a post-apocalyptic adventure? (...) [It] falls somewhere in between, with the effective thrills and jump scares of a horror film, but with an overly familiar post-apocalyptic plot that we’ve seen many times before"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"It is every bit as good and scary as its predecessor (...) Intimacy and intelligence have made his jewel of a series such a standout (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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