In a few words: smart, entertaining, novel and intense thriller movie. Beautiful cinematography and excellent acting from the kids and Emily Blunt. Nice one for John Krasinksi directing and writing.
Overall, throughout the film there's excellent timing in deploying tropes. All the tropes are classic 101 cinematic thriller tropes, so there's nothing really new or anything you haven't seen before BUT the build up to each of these scenes, which gets supported greatly by the combination of the sound editing and the camera work, creates excellent tension.
Its predictable and unpredictable at the same time. And I guess that's the novelty in this film.
Add to all that great photography, cinematography and good acting and you can have an amazing cinematic experience.
Try eating popcorn while watching this...
The hype was right, this is a thrilling film.
10/10 for the fun.
