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Cloverfield (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Cloverfield (2008) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.8618
Avg Critic Score:2.8288

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Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for About.com (Rebecca Murray) About.com (Rebecca Murray)
's just a tease has it all wrong. The monster is there on the screen and he's absolutely amazing to see. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton) Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
If you thought the Bourne flicks had some nauseating moments, pop those Dramamines during the trailers. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum) Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
A surreptitiously subversive, stylistically clever little gem of an entertainment. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow) Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
A clever premise keeps the audience literally off-balance. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Glenn Gaslin) E! Online (Glenn Gaslin)
You're still left breathless, wowed and wanting for more. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at E! Online (Glenn Gaslin)

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Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for EDGE Boston (David Foucher) EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Blair Witch meets Godzilla in this hugely enjoyable shake-fest. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark) FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
It's an event movie in January, and when was the last time we had one of those? Experience it on the big screen with an enthusiastic crowd. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast) zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
For my money this isn't the second coming of the classic monster movie, but it is an incredibly entertaining roller coaster ride. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett) Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
If you can stomach it, expect to leave the theater shaken yet entertained by every jolting, unexpected minute. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for RevolutionSF (Joe Crowe) RevolutionSF (Joe Crowe)
I was suckered in by the viral business on the Internets. If I had no idea what it was about, that would have added a level to my enjoyment, but that was just impossible. They had to give us something, or no one would bother to go see it strictly for the ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at RevolutionSF (Joe Crowe)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Screen International Screen International
An exercise in guerrilla-style genre filmmaking that reframes a classic monster movie conceit as a post-September 11 allegory of big city trepidation, new Internet sensation Cloverfield emerges from the cocoon of its pre-release hype as thrilling piece ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Screen International
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver) eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
We start at a going-away party for Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David), who is about to start a new job in Tokyo. Which, generally, is where you'd expect a giant monster to show up, rather than Manhattan. Rough luck there. An evacuation of the island is ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
Despite the presence of mind-twisting, building-tall monsters, Cloverfield is the most intimate, familiar monster movie ever made. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Arizona Republic
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for
"Cloverfield" opens with some text on the screen implying that the following footage was recovered from an SD camera in the area formerly known as Central Park. This gives us plenty of information to set the stage, that NY was at least partially ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Moviepie.com Moviepie.com
As my friend and I left the advance screening of Cloverfield, JJ Abrams' latest production (note: NOT direction), we suddenly found ourselves paced on the sidewalk by a wide-eyed fanboy. He looked at us sheepishlyâand more than a little excitedlyâand ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Moviepie.com
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Twitch Twitch
To call Godzilla a mere genre movie is to misunderstand history and not just the history of genre film. To call Cloverfield a good genre film is a well deserved compliment. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Twitch
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel Reviews Frank's Reel Reviews
One of the most widely anticipated films since Snakes on a Plane went down in flames last Summer, finally gets its release. And like that film, Cloverfield has been riding a crest of viral marketing and Internet buzz that makes financial failure a near ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray) About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Remember six months ago when that first shaky cam trailer for an untitled JJ Abrams production hit theaters in front of Transformers and then, shortly after, the internet? The buzz was deafening. That first quick teaser trailer opened with a bunch of ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Times of London The Times of London
On Monday I thought Cloverfield was a brand of butter, or a mock-Tudor retirement home in South Wales. The film is actually an old-fashioned monster movie that has been retuned into an unexpected - sometimes unwatchable - sensation. Cloverfield is a ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Times of London
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais) Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
The first great monster movie for the YouTube generation, "Cloverfield" captures New York, mid-destruction, with a startling, breathless urgency that legitimately deserves to be called a wild ride. Rob's frantic search for Beth results in a rougher and ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Dawn Taylor) eFilmCritic.com (Dawn Taylor)
No matter what you think about his actual body of work, producer/writer/director J.J. Abrams (he of âAlias,â âLostâ and âMission: Impossible IIIâ) knows how to draw attention to a project. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Dawn Taylor)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data ShowBIZ Data
Cloverfield, the latest giant monster movie, is getting some surprisingly decent reviews from critics who usually love to lay in to disaster movies of any sort. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, for example, concedes that it "is actually pretty ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon) FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Slasherpool (Anthro Fred) Slasherpool (Anthro Fred)
A non-stop action-packed monster movie ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Slasherpool (Anthro Fred)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movies for Guys (J.C. Edwards) Movies for Guys (J.C. Edwards)
Warning: This movie is not for anyone that has the slightest hint of motion sickness. The entire film is shot 100% from the perspective of a hand held camcorder in documentary style⦠you know what Iâm talking about - Blair Witch but much better. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Movies for Guys (J.C. Edwards)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves) eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
The conceit of "Cloverfield," like "The Blair Witch Project" before it, is that weâre watching video footage of unexplained, horrific events. While "Blair Witch" was all suggestion and no pay-off, though, "Cloverfield" delivers the goods. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell) filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
We should have seen this coming. Team Cloverfield dropped more than enough hints suggesting they knew what they were doing, from the inspired viral marketing campaign to the seeds of a deeper mythology planted on message boards. But with hype meters ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Bloody Disgusting (David Harley) Bloody Disgusting (David Harley)
It's the most enjoyable exercise in bedlam I've seen in years. JJ Abrams, I salute you for helping create something I can get behind completely. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Bloody Disgusting (David Harley)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Bloody-Disgusting Bloody-Disgusting
Who would have thought that the writer of UNDER SEIGE: DARK TERRITORY would one day end up directing one of the most groundbreaking films in the past twenty years? I just got back from seeing the top-secret JJ Abrams project known only as CLOVERFIELD and ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Bloody-Disgusting
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.) Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Just Press Play Just Press Play
I saw it. I saw the monster. The moment I looked up at it, I was in awe. Not for how the monster looked or shaped, but for how genuinely tense and terrified it made me feel. The destruction it left was unbelievable, and I was there. I was in the middle ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Just Press Play
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Erin Cullin) Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
This is not a film that is likely to appeal to many over the age of thirty-five, but for the card-carrying members of the MySpace generation, it is well worth the price of admission ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Empire Movies (Erin Cullin)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski) efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
If you ever watched one of those old giant-monster-on-a-rampage movies from the 1950's and wondered what must be going through the minds of the crowds of people fleeing in terror through the streets before the hunky scientists and military guys come in ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov) Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Although the online community has been positively abuzz regarding Cloverfield since a mysterious teaser trailer ran before screenings of Transformers this past summer, no one, not even the intrepid folks ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for FEARnet (Scott Weinberg) FEARnet (Scott Weinberg)
A robust 80-minute burst of barely-controlled mayhem. Monster fans will love it. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at FEARnet (Scott Weinberg)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase) Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
a refreshing update on the classic genre of a big monster stomping a major metropolitan city into dust ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Mel Valentin) eFilmCritic.com (Mel Valentin)
After a seemingly endless wait (closer to six months in actuality), "Cloverfield," the much hyped, much anticipated, modestly budgeted "Blair Witch Project"-meets-"Godzilla" movie from producer/writer/director J.J. Abramâs ("Lost," "Alias," "Felicity") ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Mel Valentin)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca) Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)
Uma boa surpresa para aqueles que acreditam que o Cinema pode funcionar não apenas como diversão ou instrumento de reflexão, mas também como termômetro histórico de sua própria época. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ReelzChannel (Jeff Otto) ReelzChannel (Jeff Otto)
Cloverfield wasn't supposed to be any good. At least, that's what "insiders" like myself have been saying for a few months now. The barrage of annoying viral marketing campaigns surrounding the project have been going strong since this past summer's ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at ReelzChannel (Jeff Otto)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo") JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan) Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Critical Critics The Critical Critics
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Critical Critics
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Thoughts on Film (Danielle N Dhighe) Thoughts on Film (Danielle N Dhighe)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Thoughts on Film (Danielle N Dhighe)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmfacts (Andreas Edler) filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at filmfacts (Andreas Edler)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for vj.net.ua (Jaroslav Vishtaljuk) vj.net.ua (Jaroslav Vishtaljuk)
Click here to read review ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at vj.net.ua (Jaroslav Vishtaljuk)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode) Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze.de (Julia Stache) MovieMaze.de (Julia Stache)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at MovieMaze.de (Julia Stache)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov) Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
and his Harryhausen from his Honda. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Dread Central (Andrew Kasch) Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
It delivers on its simple promise of wild thrills and wanton destruction. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Dread Central (Andrew Kasch)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski) efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Basically, it is a gimmick movie in which the premise is pretty much the entire show. That said, it is perhaps the most sensationally effective gimmick movie to come around since "The Blair Witch Project" ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver) Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Nick Nunziata) CHUD (Nick Nunziata)
Cloverfield is a success on nearly every front and a film I urge people to see in a theater opening weekend. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at CHUD (Nick Nunziata)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Black Star News (Kam Williams) Black Star News (Kam Williams)
Reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project, this cleverly-conceived scream fest was shot entirely with a shaky hand-held camera being operated by one of the film's central characters. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Black Star News (Kam Williams)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Even before "Cloverfield" hit the theaters, people were describing it as "Godzilla" meets "The Blair Witch Project." That turns out to be an accurate description, but is it a ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro) The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Movie Insider (Phil Calabro)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler) Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
The f/x guys have provided a seamless blending of computer-generated and real footage, and by limiting our perspective to just what Hud sees through his viewfinder, the fantastic is rendered plausible. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez) Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
delivers exactly what its memorable coming attractions trailer promised, and it doesn't chicken out when it counts, either. Considering the state of horror movies today, that's something. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Godzilla meets the Queasy-Cam in "Cloverfield," a movie that crosses the Monster Attacks Manhattan formula with "Blair Witch." No, Godzilla doesn't appear in person, but the movie's monster looks like a close relative on the evolutionary tree, especially ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli) Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
An efficiently gripping sci-fi/horror romp. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson) Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
For all its newfangled innovations, the movie shares DNA with similarly themed sci-fi yarns from the 1950s. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen) Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Reeves does a masterful job wedding the restricted perspective of Hud's lens with CGI glimpses of an already blasted cityscape. This is the gimmick's raw excitement phase -- we're hooked. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Mark Rahner) Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
It's a giant-monster movie from the point of view of some of those little people running and shrieking in the street -- and it works incredibly well. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Seattle Times (Mark Rahner)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig) USA Today (Claudia Puig)
A surprisingly gripping thriller. Employing a pseudo-documentary handheld camera style, it offers a fresh spin on the monster movie genre. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
fashion...But I have to say, I was with it. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman) San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
is the ultimate movie for people who don't feel a cataclysm has really happened until they can videotape it, upload it and stream it live to the rest of the world. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake) San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake)
'Cloverfield' is a sleek, silly product of green filmmaking: It recycles old ideas and molds them into a lean, briskly paced thriller that owes as much to classic monster movies like 'Godzilla' as gimmick-driven misfires like 'The Blair Witch Project.' ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Rossiter Drake)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith) Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
The special effects are excellent, withjust enough being shown of the marauding "attacker," and its minions to keep you on the edge of your seat. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin) Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
The POV [camera] IS the movie...and we get to see lots of angles of the monster. On that point, it totally delivers. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan) Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
is a real 21st century kind of movie; it's a horror film for the You Tube generation. It's also bleak and scary. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews) New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
It's fun in its morbidly campy way. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)) St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
is exploiting 9/11 because it's so clear the movie is not meant to be taken any more seriously than any other monster movie. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub) San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
A terrific movie, filled with spectacle and a surprising amount of humor, which makes up for its lack of terror or emotional impact. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart) Newsday (Jan Stuart)
The shaky video camera perspective is alternately involving and irritating, but director Matt Reeves keeps the carnival of wreckage spinning at a brisk clip. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice) Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
This science-fiction/thriller is smart enough to wrap things up quickly. At less than 90 minutes, it's a lean, mean monster movie -- even if it's gimmicky filmmaking makes it an acquired taste. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar) Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
A remarkably economical, street-level view of widespread panic caused by an abomination that gets, and ultimately needs, no explanation. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CHUD (Devin Faraci) CHUD (Devin Faraci)
The monster mayhem is impressive in scale and presentation... makes a moribund genre like the monster movie suddenly come roaring to life. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
An effective film, deploying its special effects well and never breaking the illusion that it is all happening as we see it. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert) Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
It's the end of the world as captured on an unsteady camcorder, a YouTube panic attack. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson) MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
If you're looking for a crowded popcorn film experience at the movies without any kind of intellectual or emotional investment, it's a wonderful ride. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
The buzz on "Cloverfield" has been electric ever since teasers started showing up on the Internet this past summer. Untitled at that point, word of mouth and a unique marketing campaign enveloped the film in an air of mystery. Well, now that the day has ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash) Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Cloverfield is one of those movies that is very entertaining to watch, but let your mind think too much about it and you'll quickly see some pretty big holes in the plot. The good news is that the ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito) Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
What hath YouTube wrought? In a world where nary a celebrity can leave the house pantsless without a hi-def MPEG appearing minutes later on the Internet, unstoppable über-producer J.J. Abrams has crafted a good old fashioned monster movie (he ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari) ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari)
Marketing movies is a tricky art to master. Once a studio starts messing with the heads of the masses, going outside the realm of your standard meat-and-potatoes trailers, will the moviegoing public catch the point? For example, the campaign behind ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor) Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor)
Few films have enjoyed the advance buzz of ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Denver Post The Denver Post
Actually, Rob (Michael Stahl-David) does get intermittent cell service. Evidently, it's easier to imagine the vast destruction of a city than it is to envision the short-circuiting of our wired ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Denver Post
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez) The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Cloverfield is The Blair Witch Project with a budget (and a really big witch), or a Godzilla remake seen through the eyes of anonymous characters who previously had nothing to do but run ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips) Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Thereâs nothing to âCloverfield,â really, but stripped-down chaos shot in a faux-verite âBlair Witch Projectâ fashion. Call it âThe Manhattan Monster Project.â Its special guest star is a Godzilla-inspired sea creature rather coyly concealed ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell) Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Cloverfield so smartly reconjures the 1950s monster movie for the digital age, it's sad to report the film's one big dumb mistake: the beast itself. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman) San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
"Cloverfield" is the ultimate movie for people who don't feel a cataclysm has really happened until they can videotape it, upload it and stream it live to the rest of the world. It's a movie that deserves to be seen on the big screen, but whose natural ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman) San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
"Cloverfield" is the ultimate movie for people who don't feel a cataclysm has really happened until they can videotape it, upload it and stream it live to the rest of the world. It's a movie that deserves to be seen on the big screen, but whose natural ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Brian Marder) Hollywood.com (Brian Marder)
Cloverfield may go out with a bang, but it fades in with a whimper, albeit for good reason. Itâs the attack ofâ¦Exposition 101, a necessary evil never more so than during the movieâs beginning. We meet the characters with whom we will watch Manhattan ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Hollywood.com (Brian Marder)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe Boston Globe
After months of cryptic trailers and postmodern stealth hype, "Cloverfield" turns out to be almost comforting in its simplicity. It's a short, efficient, terrifying monster movie, no more and no less. It's also to New York City and the American psyche ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Boston Globe
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for National Post National Post
Much like The Blair Witch Project with its hand-held Camcorder style, this thriller from J.J. Abrams (Mission Impossible 3) and longtime creative partner Matt Reeves is in perpetual motion, both visually and structurally. Its side effects include ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at National Post
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio) Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
According to reference.com, Hype is defined as creating interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize. Creators of âCloverfieldâ certainly created hype by withholding what the monster, if there is one, looks like and many story ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine) KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
So, what can you say about this creature feature? Well, it doesn't want to be a teacher and it's not an overreacher. Cloverfield has one thing on its mind: to scare the bejesus out of us. And that it achieves. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle
The first thing you need to get used to in "Cloverfield" is the potentially nausea-inducing shaky camera work, which makes "The Blair Witch Project" look like the latest Ken Burns documentary. Audiences will have to make other concessions, too. While ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson) The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Itâs âjustâ a monster movie, right? Worse, itâs the monster movie that has been drowning in Internet hype -- a fan-driven mania prompted by pseudo-secretive viral marketing produced by the filmmakers -- for months, so much so that I was tired of ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.net Comingsoon.net
It's taken almost a decade but someone in Hollywood has finally figured out how to apply the faux-vérité of "The Blair Witch Project" to a large scale studio production, and the result is quite a bit better than Hollywood usurpations usually are. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Comingsoon.net
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail
Cloverfield isn't hard to describe, or to imagine, which helps explain why its trailer has generated so much enthusiastic buzz. Just stoop to that old dating game â The Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla, the cute video technique married to the ugly ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Globe and Mail
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten) Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
The movie âCloverfieldâ was cooked up by some studio executives over at Paramount who got the bright idea to shoot a Godzilla-type monster movie using a relatively cheap video camera, a no-name cast and about $15 million worth of post-production digit ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Cloverfield is to the monster movie as The Blair Witch Project was to the ghost story. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley) Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
At his Manhattan going-away party, Michael Stahl-David plays a young man troubled by feelings for the girl heâs coldly leaving behind. Odette Yustman is a stunning hottie who was a close friend until he threw on the brakes. Now heâs leaving for Japan ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Nathan Lee) Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Cloverfield Is One Giant, Incredibly Entertaining âScrew You!â to Yuppie New ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter
It's "The Blair Godzilla Project"--and that's a compliment. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Adam Barnick) Entertainment Insiders (Adam Barnick)
Cloverfield is the movie that works best going in knowing or seeing as little as possible, evidenced by the enigmatic marketing that has haunted theaters since last summer. (so hereâs a review with plot ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Adam Barnick)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown) Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
âCloverfieldâ is âThe Blair Witch Projectâ meets âGodzilla,â as an uninvited monster hits Manhattan at night with a vengeance and much of the experience is recorded on video camera in herky-jerky fashion by a 20-something party animal. The ov ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford) Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
With "Cloverfield," the filmmakers give their audience a sense of the horror, uncertainty and utter shift of reality that New Yorkers must have felt five years ago, but it would have benefited from some new genre twists. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux) Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Stop me if this sounds familiar. You're watching some terrible WB-esque teen drama about Beautiful Young Things, and their painful relationship problems, and how awful it is to be Beautiful Young Things on fast-track careers that keep them from ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Godzilla meets the Queasy-Cam in "Cloverfield," a movie that crosses the Monster-Attacks-Manhattan formula with "Blair ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow") Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Robâs (Stahl-David) surprise "going away" bash winds up being a bigger surprise with more bashing than anybody attending couldâve imagined. Out of nowhere, some enormous Iguana looking thing stomps into Manhattan, drops its monstrous kiddies to the ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Arrow in the Head ("The Arrow")
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Fangoria Fangoria
At last CLOVERFIELD is here, after months of speculation, a brilliant viral marketing campaign and a final tidal wave of hype. It can be said right off the bat that the movie succeedsâoften very wellâon its own terms. Does it live up to the hype? Not ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Fangoria
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long) Detroit News (Tom Long)
is visceral attack that it leaves the viewer reeling for details that flew by like so many bricks raining off broken buildings. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Daily Herald (IL) (Jeff Bayer) Daily Herald (IL) (Jeff Bayer)
It's the closest a film has ever gotten to a roller-coaster ride. It will definitely nauseate, it feels claustrophobic, there are sudden scares, and it also peaks too early. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Daily Herald (IL) (Jeff Bayer)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith) Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
A flawed movie that nevertheless offers scenes of gripping terror--and a few moments of genuine surprise. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage) Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
Mixing the immediacy of documentary observation and the slam-bang pace of the modern disaster epic, Cloverfield is economic and engaging. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Heart 106.2 (Simon Thompson) Heart 106.2 (Simon Thompson)
Jaw dropping stuff but you will have to have a strong stomach to cope with the constantly moving camera. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Heart 106.2 (Simon Thompson)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner) Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
A fascinatingly wrought experimental film that holds you in awe at what Reeves and his production crew was able to pull off, inspiring more appreciation than a gut level sense of being there. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell) Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
seems less like a movie than a theme-park motion simulator, but that's not a complaint. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun) Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
The filmmakers wisely avoid showing you everything, instead showing only bits and hints of what's going on, a technique that really fuels fear in a viewer. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis) Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
Dinei mathimata (poy tha prepei n' arhisoyn na didaskontai) gia to pos na ftiakseis aera kopanisto gia 30 ekatommyria, kai na ton poyliseis shedon gia ta dipla sto proto sabbatokyriako. ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser) SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)
Just sit in the back row, and hold on to your popcorn! ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren) Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren)
Un produit de haute qualité qui satisfaira au plus haut point le spectateur averti, et bien conscient de la forme du spectacle avec laquelle il s'apprête à entrer en contact ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren)
Cloverfield (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for ColeandBobby.com (Cole Dabney) ColeandBobby.com (Cole Dabney)
is, do you? ...read the complete Cloverfield movie review at ColeandBobby.com (Cole Dabney)