A Quiet Place: Day One review: Intimate New York disaster with a light touch

The latest Quiet Place film is a 'beautifully realised' emotional story – but it doesn't match its predecessors for suspense.

A Quiet Place: Day One shifts gears from previous entries, but not quite in the way you’d expect. Set in a bustling New York City where the noise levels ar...

Horror prequel foregrounds the bond among a small found family: a terminally ill woman (Lupita Nyong’o), a panicky man (Joseph Quinn), and a brave cat.

Brilliant actor summons her skills as a terminally ill woman determined to evade the sound-seeking aliens and go out on her own terms.

As a franchise prequel, A Quiet Place: Day One doesn’t do enough world-building, but Lupita Nyong'o makes it worth a watch.

This third “Quiet Place” is a prequel set in New York City, with the same blend of peril and exhaustion and superhuman resourcefulness.

Like “The Walking Dead,” “A Quiet Place” pries opens the door to a world with a host of possibilities, some of them – including the premise of a ne...

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ review: Lupita Nyong’o stands out in an unusually melancholy action-horror prequel.

Writer-director Michael Sarnoski takes reins from John Krasinski in series' third entry.

Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn face the alien apocalypse in New York City in Michael Sarnoski's A Quiet Place spin-off. Read the Empire review.

'A Quiet Place: Day One' takes the franchise back to the beginning in New York City, led by great performances by Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn.

Our verdict on the prequel is in

Writer-director Michael Sarnoski follows his head-turning debut, ‘Pig,’ with this third chapter of the hit sci-fi franchise, also starring Joseph Quinn, ...

A superbly cast two-hander shared between Nyong’o and ‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn

"Pig" filmmaker Michael Sarnoski brings deep emotion to this mostly satisfying prequel, which takes us back to the start of the alien invasion.

With a fresh vision, a new cast and a scare rate that just won’t quit, this bucks the trend for horrors with diminishing returns

This film stands out most for its commitment to fleshy humanity, and a memorable sci-fi feline

... has a vulnerability that’s rare in big, would-be blockbusters.

Confidently directed by Michael Sarnoski ("Pig"), the movie assembles an unusually strong cast for postapocalyptic sci-fi, led by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o.

The "Quiet Place" franchise continues with the New York City-set prequel, "Day One," directed by Michael Sarnoski and starring Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn.

A feline steals the show in Michael Sarnowski's serviceable entry into the sound-focused horror franchise.

'Stranger Things' scene-stealer Joseph Quinn co-stars.

Lupita Nyong'o stars in a more intimate horror offering

The chills are more effective than the thrills in this prequel to the “A Quiet Place” franchise.

Instead of just another high-adrenaline creature feature, this prequel from writer/director Michael Sarnoski delivers something much more refreshing and movi...

Prequels this vital are rare — but shhh, don’t get too loud about it

The prequel to John Krasinski’s horror/science fiction duo, A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, Day One offers aself-contained story that is different...

There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances that hold A Quiet Place: Day One together, even if it sometimes feels like a fir...

Truth be told, most of us figured we didn’t need another “origin story” take on The Day the Aliens Who Hear Dropped In on “A Quiet Place.” John Kra...

Franchise prequel rewinds to the beginning and watches as a New Yorker and her cat navigate a postapocalyptic Manhattan for a really good uptown slice.

New York comes under alien attack in this effective horror prequel starring Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn

Believe it or not, the prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is the best entry in the series, thanks in no small part to Pig director Michael Sarnoski.

It’s rare that a prequel in a franchise stands on its own as a worthy endeavor. That “Day One” works so well is a testament to the captivating presence...

For a movie so deeply focused on sound, there’s a bit of an arrhythmia to A Quiet Place: Day One. Michael Sarnoski directs his own screenplay, dabbling wit...

Not much here that the earlier two films didn’t already establish more effectively; its only depth comes from Lupita Nyong’o’s intuitive lead performance.

Day One is an oddly repetitive endeavour, given that audiences have already seen what happened the very first day the Earth stood silent during the flashback...

Lupita Nyong'o is impressive in Michael Sarnoski's A Quiet Place: Day One, a prequel that puts a singulair imprint on the apocalypse genre.

The horror prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One" stars Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn and Djimon Hounsou.

The third installment in the 'Quiet Place' franchise takes viewers back to the very first day sound-sensitive aliens invaded Earth.

The director of ‘Pig’ makes a franchise film that would be worthy on its own.

Instead of providing answers or much in the way of suspense, 'A Quiet Place: Day One' stars Lupita Nyong'o as a woman tiptoeing through an apocalypse.

The prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is being sold as an expansion of the horror franchise, but in many ways it’s merely a reiteration.

Is the prequel to 'A Quiet Place' better than the original?