A Quiet Place: Day One has continued a strong Rotten Tomatoes trend for the franchise, with the prequel landing an impressive rating based on first reactions.
The film debuted on the movie aggregator site with a score of 85% based on 122 reviews, giving it the same 'Certified Fresh' rating as its predecessors.
A Quiet Place, still boasts a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, with A Quiet Place: Part II holding a 91% rating.
The third instalment stars Lupita Nyong'o and Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn and is out now in UK cinemas.
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A Quiet Place: Day One is set before the original film and its 2020 sequel, with viewers introduced to Sam (Nyong'o) and Eric (Quinn) in New York City when the original alien invasion first took place.
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Here's a round-up of what reviewers have been saying, including details of Digital Spy's 4-star review:
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Digital Spy
"A Quiet Place: Day One is another excellent instalment in the franchise, delivering the tense set pieces you'd expect, but also with an emotional core that you might not."
Empire Magazine
A solid A Quiet Place entry is elevated by Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn's affecting performances – a surprisingly tender tale of the end of days.
The Times
"The unpromising third instalment in a franchise that was already exhausted by Part II turns out to be the best Quiet Place yet. It's original and inventive, yes, but thoughtful too."
Rolling Stone
"While it may not fully satisfy that primal urge that drives us to summer movies in the first place, [it] still breathes fresh air into a series in danger of becoming rote and stale."
Vanity Fair
"How refreshingly nice it is to watch a summertime movie that lets us sit in our feelings and grim recollections this way, and figures that an adventure in its own right."
Observer
"What could have been an over-inflated expansion of a successful small-scale horror story is instead a worthy successor and a strong film in its own right. If every profitable movie must spawn a franchise, then this is exactly how it should be done."
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A Quiet Place: Day One is out now in cinemas.
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