Synopsis
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
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Cast
- Lizzy CaplanMarlena Diamond
- Jessica LucasLily Ford
- T.J. MillerHudson 'Hud' Platt
- Michael Stahl-DavidRob Hawkins
- Mike VogelJason Hawkins
- Odette AnnableBeth McIntyre
- Anjul NigamBodega Cashier
- Margot FarleyJenn
- Theo RossiAntonio
- Brian KlugmanCharlie
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
Cloverfield, a surreptitiously subversive, stylistically clever little gem of an entertainment disguised, under its deadpan-neutral title, as a dumb Gen-YouTube monster movie, makes the convincingly chilling argument that the world will end -- or, at least, Manhattan will crumble -- with a bang and a whimper. - 75
ReelViews
Cloverfield's gritty, in-your-face style is uncompromising. If you're looking for a nice, clean movie filmed with a steadycam, you'll have to look elsewhere. - 75
Chicago Tribune
It’s dumb but quick and dirty and effectively brusque, dispensing with niceties such as character. - 75
Premiere
It's not the life-changing movie experience the intense viral marketing attention would lead you to think it is, but its decision to focus on ground-level humanism rather than epic disaster is what separates it from the pack. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
When the monster shows up, pretty early in the film, everything becomes much more interesting, as it smashes buildings in midtown Manhattan like some sort of Rudy Giuliani, 9/11 nightmare. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Think "Godzilla Unplugged" -- with chillingly effective results. - 50
Variety
Despite its indie-flavored shooting style, first-rate visual effects, reasonable intensity factor, nihilistic attitude and post-9/11 anxiety overlay, this punchy sci-fier is, in the end, not much different from all the marauding creature features that have come before it. - 50
L.A. Weekly
While the entertainment value of Cloverfield is highly negotiable, it's clear that Abrams has consciously aligned himself with those filmmakers who have used the template of a grade-B monster/invasion movie -- Don Siegel, George Romero, Steven Spielberg -- as a stealth vessel for social commentary.
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