I Learned It By Watching You

I Learned It By Watching You is a 2020 American black comedy slasher film written and directed by John Krasinski and co-written by Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson.

The film was produced by Scott Rudin, James Wan and Lawrence Grey.

The film deals with a bullied teenage boy coming to terms with a mysterious string of gruesome murders but finds out a hilarious but horrifying secret: his parents are the killers.

The film stars Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Jack Dylan Grazer, Sadie Sink, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Josh Hamilton, Dove Cameron, Lewis Pullman, Austin Abrams, Patrick Warburton, Oliver Hudson, Zoey Deutch, Kenton Duty, Kristen Bell, Anne Winters and Dax Shepard.

The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Atomic Monster Productions and was released on April 24th, 2020 to favorable reviews for it's realistic dark humor, direction and performances and it was also a huge commercial success, grossing $105 million worldwide.

Cast

 * John Krasinski as Joel Hanson
 * Emily Blunt as Annie Hanson
 * Jack Dylan Grazer as Danny Hanson
 * Sadie Sink as Tessa Hillridge
 * Jeremy Ray Taylor as Henry "Hen" Hendrix
 * Dove Cameron as Chelsea Christmas
 * Lewis Pullman as Gordon "Gord" Thomason Jr.
 * Patrick Warburton as Gordon Thomason Sr.
 * Zoey Deutch as Emily Kent
 * Kenton Duty as Chandler Baker
 * Anne Winters as Katie Richards
 * Austin Abrams as Bennett James
 * Oliver Hudson as Corey James
 * Dax Shepard as David Richards
 * Kristen Bell as Sarah Richards
 * Josh Hamilton as Professor Darren Harrington

Trivia

 * During production on A Quiet Place Part 2, John Krasinski received the film's script from Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson which had a more darker tone without the comedic elements and was shocked of violence described in the script as gruesome and over the top. Gierasch and Anderson gave him permission to adjust the script and add comedic elements. Krasinski added the comedic elements because the script's dark content has some influences of the horror films Parents (1989) and Serial Mom (1994).