--- title: 'A Quiet Place' Has Viewers Stressed Out Over Loud Snacking description: Movie-goers watching John Krasinski's near-silent "A Quiet Place" with wife Emily Blunt are having a difficult time enjoying their snacks. canonical: https://time.com/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-10T17:25:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:59.341Z og:title: 'A Quiet Place' Has Viewers Stressing Out Over Eating Movie Snacks og:description: No loud chewing allowed og:url: https://time.com/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3246ead153ed578/69892cdf22fb850759e253ff/a-quiet-place-blunt-krasinski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2450 og:image:height: 1378 og:image:alt: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in 'A Quiet Place' from Paramount Pictures. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'A Quiet Place' Has Viewers Stressing Out Over Eating Movie Snacks twitter:description: No loud chewing allowed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3246ead153ed578/69892cdf22fb850759e253ff/a-quiet-place-blunt-krasinski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _A Quiet Place_ Has Viewers Stressing Out Over Eating Movie Snacks > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 10, 2018 5:25 PM UTC  In A Quiet Place, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski play parents facing an unthinkable horror In A Quiet Place, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski play parents facing an unthinkable horror Paramount Pictures  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 10, 2018 5:25 PM UTC In [John Krasinski’s](http://time.com/5233546/a-quiet-place-reactions-john-krasinski-the-office/) new movie [_A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5228984/a-quiet-place-one-of-the-most-terrifyingly-effective-horror-movies-in-years/), any sound can get you horrifically killed by [Demogorgon-esque](http://time.com/5023559/viral-lizard-reactions/) monsters who hunt by hearing. So it’s no surprise that some watching the horror flick can’t help but be self-conscious about their noisy movie snacks. [_A Quiet Place_](http://time.com/5233205/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-ryan-reynolds-chris-pratt/)— which raked in a [whopping $50 million](http://time.com/5232466/a-quiet-place-box-office/) over the weekend — stars Krasinski and his real-life wife Emily Blunt as a married couple attempting to keep their children safe in a post-apocalyptic landscape swarming with the aforementioned beasts. The characters are silent for nearly the entire film, making for a moviegoing experience that is on the quieter side. Of course, this also means that any theater noise is much more audible than normal — a surprisingly terrifying aspect of the story. “The most horrific part of [A Quiet Place](http://time.com/5230649/jimmy-kimmel-john-krasinski-quiet-place-review/) is when you realize the movie is silent and you’re about to hear every crunch of popcorn, slurp of Diet Coke, and stifled burp in the entire theater for the next hour and a half,” explained one Twitter user after seeing the movie. > [](https://twitter.com/simoncurtis/status/982863786083151872) See some more horrified snacking reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/jacob%5F%5Fburns/status/982492428795105280) > [](https://twitter.com/NathanZed/status/982828917345148929) > [](https://twitter.com/dunwaIl/status/983119036014841858) > [](https://twitter.com/CPFeimster/status/983553862870106113) > [](https://twitter.com/danecardiel/status/983114108093558785) > [](https://twitter.com/TheStephenPratt/status/983141161102651392) > [](https://twitter.com/NoahJ456/status/983201709966135296) > [](https://twitter.com/sreekyshooter/status/982764430600560645) > [](https://twitter.com/lobotron2084/status/983604898909405184) > [](https://twitter.com/MoonlitBiebah/status/983287232005066752) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/"},"headline":"A Quiet Place Has Viewers Stressing Out Over Eating Movie Snacks","datePublished":"2018-04-10T17:25:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:59.341Z","description":"No loud chewing allowed","url":"https://time.com/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3246ead153ed578/69892cdf22fb850759e253ff/a-quiet-place-blunt-krasinski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3246ead153ed578/69892cdf22fb850759e253ff/a-quiet-place-blunt-krasinski.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in 'A Quiet Place' from Paramount Pictures.","caption":"Emily Blunt and John Krasinski in 'A Quiet Place' from Paramount Pictures.","creditText":"Paramount Pictures","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/5234757/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-jokes/","name":"A Quiet Place Has Viewers Stressing Out Over Eating Movie Snacks"}}]}] ```