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Cloverfield (2008)

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User Rating: 7.7/10 (77,939 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Matt Reeves
Writer (WGA):
Drew Goddard (written by)
Release Date:
18 January 2008 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
Some Thing Has Found Us
Plot:
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
Tremendous thrills! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
1-18-08 (USA) (promotional title)
Cheese (USA) (fake working title)
Clover (USA) (fake working title)
Monstrous (USA) (promotional title)
Slusho (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.
Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
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Bad Robot more

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The movie is viewed primarily from the point of view of Hud, the character who uses the camera the most. H.U.D. is short for Heads-Up Display, a method for overlaying information onto a view of one's surroundings (much like the timestamps and other information overlaid on video camera footage). more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the subway tunnel scenes, Rob's shirt seems to clean itself. At first it is dirty and sweat stained, then it is relatively clean, and then it is dirty again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Rob Hawkins: It's 6:42 AM. Beth's dad's place. He's out of town. And it's already a good day.
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Movie Connections:
References Them! (1954) more
Soundtrack:
Do The Whirlwind more

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689 out of 1,095 people found the following comment useful:-
Tremendous thrills!, 15 January 2008
9/10
Author: kanerazor from Yorba Linda, CA

Some people have derisively compared this film to The Blair Witch Project because it was all told from the point of view of someone's shaking camera. Unless you have motion sickness, I don't think that's a bad thing. What matters is who's in front of the camera. While The Blair Witch Project featured annoying people screaming at each other, this movie actually made me care about the characters. In fact if it had continued with the romantic drama tone established during the first half hour, I STILL think it would have been worth watching and that's the biggest compliment I can give it.

Of course people will be watching this movie for the visceral pleasure and Colverfield delivers. Many thrilling visual and sound effects wowed me (there were a few times I yelled out in shock at a sudden scare). Any horror film will also benefit from a sense of entrapment and this movie pulls off the seemingly impossible feat of making New York City seem claustrophobic because there was seemingly nowhere to hide from the monster.

What is the monster? Whatever it is clearly is meant to be an allegory for the carnage 9/11 inflicted on New York, much the same way Godzilla was meant to be an allegory for the damage inflicted on Japan by the atom bomb. There are moments seemingly recreating the documentary footage from 9/11, and they give the film verisimilitude. Touching upon real life horror, plus creating characters that we can relate to and care about, and assaulting our senses with incredible sights and sounds leads to entertainment worth watching many times over. Perhaps the 80 minute run time will bother some people, but on the other hand I think that's better than a film wearing out its welcome. Great job J.J. Abrams and company!

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