A Quiet Place: Day One

2024
PG-13
1h 39m

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6.3/10

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Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn in A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

A woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing

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A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.A young woman named Sam finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultra-sensitive hearing.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

121K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

179

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations

Trivia
The large majority of the scenes set in New York City were filmed in London. The film's crew built a rough replica of NYC's Chinatown vicinity on a London-area backlot for filming most of its early scenes, and many of the scenes set in the NYC Subway were filmed in various now-closed London Underground stations and tubes. The one major scene filmed on location is outside one of the film's few named locations: Patsy's Pizzeria in Harlem. The rest is mostly second unit & VFX work.

Goofs
The military blow up the bridges to prevent the aliens from getting off the island despite the fact that the aliens are already on both sides. They were in fact blowing up the bridges, so boats could sail along the river, without the risk of creatures dropping from the bridges onto the boats.

Quotes
[last lines]
[Eric reads a note he discovered in Sam's cardigan he wears that once belonged to her father]
Samira: [voiceover] Eric, you better take care of my cat. Don't rub his belly. He doesn't like that. And don't feed him too much. He'll get fat.
[Sam is shown walking alone listening to "Feeling Good" on her iPod Nano attached to a boombox she carries.]
Samira: [voiceover] And thank you. Thank you for bringing me home. Thank you for helping me live again. I had forgotten how the city sings. You can hear when you're quiet.
[Sam gazes around the abandoned Harlem one last time.]
Samira: [voiceover] It's good to have been back.
[Sam unplugs the earbuds which results in the creature to appear from behind.]

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 20 Best Prequel Movies (2024)

Soundtracks
Cultural Event (Manifestazione Culturale)
Written by Amedeo Tommasi
Courtesy of APM

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Looks good, sounds good, acted very well...and that's about it.

Although occasionally tugging at the old sentimental heartstrings, A Quiet Place: Day One offers zero answers about what happened during the initial invasion.

It's true, "hiding the monster" is essential in some cases, but we are now three movies in, know what they are, and we WANT to know more about them. But alas, nothing.

The two leads are solid but given very little in the way of action because there is little to go on. The earlier installments, especially the first, had a way of steadily ratcheting up the tension from beginning to end, keeping the characters in what felt like genuine danger at all times. Not here; the monsters are always off someplace in the distance, like watching a Lion at a zoo that barely sticks his head out of his cave to take a bite, then goes back in for a nap.

The fleeting moments when we see the monsters are technically impressive, showcasing the filmmakers' skills. However, it never feels like a danger to our two heroes or their cat. Maybe a little here and there?

This isn't a terrible movie, and It doesn't feel like a "cash grab" when watching it. However, when you make a prequel billed as 'What Happens on Day One' and it doesn't show it, with little tension, no new territory covered, or answers given, it's hard not to feel disappointed.

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September 2024 - Clearly the top three reviewers (I am currently in 4th) read my review first, even using my angles and terminology. Maybe they are A. I.? Who cares, except, they couldn't write a review without spoilers could they?