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‘A Quiet Place’ is about a good deal more than scaring us

As a film critic, I am sometimes asked if there are types of movies I regularly avoid. My prepackaged answer is always “Yes. Bad movies.” But the truth is, I would just as soon skip serial killer or ninja flicks or, more to my point here, horror movies featuring gloppy, befanged alien invaders.

But what if we are talking about a horror movie with befanged aliens? And what if the movie is about a good deal more than

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