--- title: Chris Pratt, Ryan Reynolds and More Praise 'A Quiet Place' description: Chris Pratt and Ryan Reynolds sang the praises of friend John Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt after seeing their movie 'A Quiet Place.' canonical: https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-09T15:58:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:57.186Z og:title: Chris Pratt and Ryan Reynolds Are Singing the Praises of John Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place' og:description: Friendship goals og:url: https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe678a486129e347/69892d2822fb8500d8e25491/ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt-support-the-quiet-place.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3205 og:image:height: 1803 og:image:alt: 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Backstage And Audience og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pratt and Ryan Reynolds Are Singing the Praises of John Krasinski's 'A Quiet Place' twitter:description: Friendship goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe678a486129e347/69892d2822fb8500d8e25491/ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt-support-the-quiet-place.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Pratt, Ryan Reynolds and More Are Singing the Praises of John Krasinski's _A Quiet Place_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 9, 2018 3:58 PM UTC  Chris Pratt and John Krasinski Chris Pratt and John Krasinski Kevin Mazur—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 9, 2018 3:58 PM UTC [John Krasinski](http://time.com/5183577/john-krasinski-on-me-too-sexual-harassment/)‘s horror film [_A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5228564/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-a-quiet-place/) garnered plenty of positive reviews from critics this weekend as [it raked in $50 million in the second biggest opening weekend of 2018](http://time.com/5232466/a-quiet-place-box-office/) so far, but it wasn’t just the critics who had glowing praise for the film — Krasinski’s famous friends and fellow celebs had nothing but compliments for the director and actor who stars in the film alongside wife Emily Blunt. [Ryan Reynolds took to his Twitter](http://time.com/5233063/blake-lively-trolled-ryan-reynolds-instagram/) to share that he had already seen _A Quiet Place_ not once, but twice during its opening week and gave an enthusiastic endorsement of both Krasinski and Blunt, before jokingly asking them to be his new parents. > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/982970735156178944) Chris Pratt also had effusive praise for the couple, going on Instagram to encourage his followers to see the movie, citing that it was “freaking dope.” Jimmy Kimmel admitted that, while he doesn’t like horror films, he loved _A Quiet Place. H_e also gave a shout out to Blunt’s upcoming role as Mary Poppins. > [](https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/982865553642541056) Elizabeth Banks sent congratulations to Krasinski on the movie’s smashing success during its opening weekend. > [](https://twitter.com/ElizabethBanks/status/983102589028978688) _A Quiet Place_ already seems to be a celebrity favorite. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/"},"headline":"Chris Pratt, Ryan Reynolds and More Are Singing the Praises of John Krasinski's A Quiet Place","datePublished":"2018-04-09T15:58:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:57.186Z","description":"Friendship goals","url":"https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe678a486129e347/69892d2822fb8500d8e25491/ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt-support-the-quiet-place.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe678a486129e347/69892d2822fb8500d8e25491/ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt-support-the-quiet-place.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Backstage And Audience","caption":"20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Backstage And Audience","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/","name":"Chris Pratt, Ryan Reynolds and More Are Singing the Praises of John Krasinski's A Quiet Place"}}]}] ```