A Quiet Place (2018) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests A Quiet Place is best for ages 12+. It's rated PG-13. A family survives in a world invaded by blind creatures that hunt by sound, forcing them to live in near-total silence. One of the most tense and inventive horror-thrillers of recent years. The PG-13 rating is…

A Quiet Place is officially rated PG-13. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 12+.

A family survives in a world invaded by blind creatures that hunt by sound, forcing them to live in near-total silence. One of the most tense and inventive horror-thrillers of recent years. The PG-13 rating is appropriate — intense sustained terror but minimal gore. Appropriate for most children over 12, though…

None. A pregnancy is central to the plot — a baby's cry in a silent world is the film's central nightmare.

Creature attacks — a child is killed in the film's opening minutes in an emotionally devastating sequence. A nail through a foot. A character is killed by creatures. The violence is sudden and emotionally impactful rather than graphically gory.

Very mild. The film is largely silent by design.

None.

Parental guilt and grief following the death of a child. A family's complete adaptation to terror. The film's silent world is an extended metaphor for the way trauma silences families — the things they cannot say to each other. A mother giving birth alone and…

A Quiet Place runs 90 minutes, directed by John Krasinski, released in 2018.

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