“A Quiet Place” (*1/2 out of four) was a lifeless thriller about a family (Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds) who live in the woods in silence and hiding from mysterious creatures who hunt by sound. No one could accuse the filmmakers of deception in advertising because my God this movie is quiet (the entire film has virtually no dialogue) and, as a result, also forgettable and boring. A particular waste of Blunt who is given nothing to do. Some striking shots of upstate NY (it was filmed mostly in Herkimer and Ulster County) are film’s only virtues.