Rating of
3/4
Day One - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 08/06/25
“Bad Math. You said one to two years. And it has been two. You said four to sixth months, And it has been six. And Mrs. Friedlander taught me subtraction, and the corner store taught me addiction, and I used only simple maths all my life. And I never needed more than more, and less. To four. To three. To smaller and smaller. Until months, to days, to hours, to seconds. But not to not now.”
A Quiet Place: Day One delivers thrills and suspense, but it is also a heartfelt and sad story told from the perspective of a woman diagnosed with cancer at the start of the world ending.
It's more of a thriller than a scary movie. Then again, horror movies don't always have to be terrifying but do something different and instead use the genre as a psychological/emotional expression of our fears and flawed humanity.
But I didn't expect it to be sad and moving at points. However, in movies about the world ending, despite the bleakness of it all, there can be little moments of happiness. Director Michael Sarnoski manages to bring a human element to the story and characters, like his previous film, Pig. But also delivering the suspense.
But Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn are the heart and soul of the film, delivering terrific performances. Both characters carry a heavy silence and find each other during the most difficult and strangest times of their lives.
This film will not be for everyone, as I have encountered a couple of mixed reactions, mostly from general audiences. But at its heart, it's a moving story about a woman who wants to spend her last moments doing a simple thing: having a slice of pizza and enjoying the quiet.
