History YMMV / AQuietPlace

** Judging by entries on this very wiki, you would assume Marcus is a [[DiryCoward sniveling]], [[HystericalWoman screaming]], [[TooDumbToLive incompetent]] buffoon who does nothing but cause problems for his family. He's not: He's a [[IllBoy sickly]] young boy (younger than Regan) who knows his limits, and keeps out of physical work. He frightens easily, yes, but [[RealityEnsues nearly every single child on the planet does]]. His disputes with Regan over how to handle certain situations are always framed as BothSidesHaveAPoint, as running away [[KnowWhenToFoldEm isn't always the worst thing.]] Most notably, the moment that everyone points to as his supreme moment of "cowardice" is when he slinks behind water heaters as the aliens charge at his mother and sister. He's doing this because A: His mother literally ordered him to, B: They have the weapons and he doesn't, and most importantly, C: ''He is literally holding and keeping his baby brother out of harm's way for the battle that's about to commence'', which is an extremely important task.

* Both of the older Abbott children unfortunately get this.

* {{Narm}}: The old man's wildly contorting expressions of grief are either [[NarmCharm appropriately tragic]] and anguished or downright hilarious.

* HarsherInHindsight: Day 1 of the alien invasion is stated to have begun in 2020, as the film was released in 2018 no one could have known just how turbulent 2020 would actually turn out to be in real life, especially with the town shown to be completely deserted by Day 89 [[spoiler: which is stated to have been also in 2020 from the years written on Beau's memorial]] reminiscent of the lockdowns in the wake of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* InferredHolocaust: The general AfterTheEnd atmosphere implies that '''billions''' of people are dead.

* ParanoiaFuel: The film is naturally full of it due to its use of NothingIsScarier.

* HarsherInHindsight: Day 1 of the alien invasion is stated to have begun in 2020, as the film was released in 2018 no one could have known just how turbulent 2020 would actually turn out to be in real life, especially with the town shown to be completely deserted by Day 89 [[spoiler: which is stated to have been also in 2020 from the years written on Beau's memorial]] reminiscent of the lockdowns in the wake of the COVID19Pandemic.

* HarsherInHindsight: Day 1 of the alien invasion is stated to have begun in 2020, as the film was released in 2018 no one could have known just how turbulent 2020 would actually turn out to be in real life, especially with the town shown to be completely deserted by Day 89 [[spoiler: which is stated to have been also in 2020 from the years written on Beau's memorial]] reminiscent of the lockdowns in the wake of the Usefulnotes/Coronavirus.

* HolyShitQuotient: Almost all of the Super Bowl trailer, but especially the beginning where it's implied [[spoiler: the monster is part of an invading alien force]].

* InferredHolocaust: The general AfterTheEnd atmosphere implies that '''billions''' of people are dead, and it's unknown if civilization will ever be able to truly recover. Then again, even if 99 percent of the populace is dead, that still leaves a lot of people and genetic diversity, and even more significantly, the Earth has gotten a break from a lot of heavy pollution, so rebuilding may not be totally out of the question. Not only that, whilst terrestrial wildlife may have taken a hit, oceans, lakes and rivers are all breathing a collective sigh of relief as the fish population stabilises and rebuilds.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For such a small budget, the visual effects for the monsters look fantastic. Given the visual effects company is Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic, this isn’t surprising. There's also the fact that the monsters spend most of the film "offscreen", or only there for a split-second.

** Inevitably, the idea behind the movie quickly led to comments such as [[SelfDeprecation "I would never last two seconds in this movie,"]] and asking about how the characters would deal with bodily functions.

* Shocking Moments: Almost all of the Super Bowl trailer, but especially the beginning where it's implied [[spoiler: the monster is part of an invading alien force]].

* AwardSnub: Emily Blunt garnered acclaim for her performance, including a Screen Actor Guild nom, but was unfortunately left out come Oscar announcement morning. Of course, Blunt could've gotten out because of [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns another acclaimed performance]] to split nominations, and she didn’t even get a nom for ''that'' one, either.
** Thankfully, she did at least end up [[AvertedTrope winning that Screen Actor Guild award]]... in the ''[[AwardCategoryFraud Supporting]]'' Actress category, given Blunt's other role that year was in Best Actress.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Many critics and even audience members have been very impressed by Creator/JohnKrasinski in the film - both as the director and as the father - especially considering how he's still best known as [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jim Halpert]].

* InferredHolocaust: The general AfterTheEnd atmosphere implies that '''billions''' of people are dead, and it's unknown if civilization will ever be able to truly recover. Then again, even if 99 percent of the populace is dead, that still leaves a lot of people and genetic diversity, and even more significantly, the Earth has gotten a break from a lot of heavy pollution, so rebuilding may not be totally out of the question.

* HypeBacklash: Some who’ve seen the film don’t think it warranted the acclaim it got, which only seemed to lessen their opinions on it.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For such a small budget, the visual effects for the monsters look fantastic. Given the visual effects company is Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic, this isn’t surprising.

* AwardSnub: Emily Blunt garnered acclaim for her performance, including a Screen Actor Guild nom, but was unfortunately left out come Oscar announcement morning. Of course, Blunt could've gotten out because of [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns another acclaimed performance]] to split nominations.

** The movie itself, for all the positive reception, only was recognized with a Best Sound Editing nod.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene with the old man is a textbook example. Comes out of nowhere, has no impact on the rest of the plot, could be cut from the movie and nothing vital would be lost.
** It serves as {{Foreshadowing}} for [[spoiler: Lee doing the same at the climax, screaming to drive the monsters away from his children and towards him.]]
* CounterpartComparison: The premise of hearing-based monsters is quite similar to that of the Clickers in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. Probably helps that there's a bearded protagonist in both.

* AwardSnub: Emily Blunt garnered acclaim for her performance, including a Screen Actor Guild nom, but was unfortunately left out come Oscar announcement morning.
** Thankfully, she did at least end up [[AvertedTrope winning that Screen Actor Guild award]].

* HeReallyCanAct: Many critics and even audience members have been very impressed by Creator/JohnKrasinski in the film - both as the director and as the father - especially considering how he's still best known as [[Series/TheOfficeUS Jim Halpert]].

* CounterpartComparison: The premise of hearing-based monsters is quite similar to that of [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs the Clickers in The Last of Us]]. Probably helps that there's a bearded protagonist in both.