"Even moviegoers who don't accept the metaphor are going to have the pants scared off them."
"A tight thrill ride-the kind of movie that quickens the heart rate and plays with the expectations of the audience, while never treating them like idiots. In other words, it's a really good horror movie."
"This may be a sci-fi fantasy about giant man-eating bugs, but it's grounded in human facts and folly. Little here is safe. Nothing is predictable."
"Though it's Krasinski's third time in the director's chair, it's his first home run thanks, in no small part, to the film's emphasis on family and Krasinski's choice of leading lady-his wife and mother of his two children, Emily Blunt."
"It's not just an intelligent horror film, but a movie that is capable of scaring even the most experienced of horror fans with staggering ease."
"John Krasinski's film turns the act of survival into a powerful statement of defiance against the vagaries of the unknown."
"Gripping, earnest, and nail-bitingly tense, John Krasinski's first foray into genre filmmaking is a master-class instant classic that every horror fan needs to see."