Cloverfield PG 13
Something terrible has just happened
in New York City in this monster movie crossed with 9/11 message flick, set in
the present day (2008). When a party for a friend goes somewhat awry, several
young adults run for their lives after a series of strange explosions rock the
city, and the head of the Statue of Liberty falls in the street. A hideous
monster lobster thing is tearing up the city. They spend the movie running from
the monster. Scarier than some of the other fright flicks, like the US
Godzilla, (which wasn't), and The Blair Witch Project, (also billed as a real
life thing), but it suffers from the jerky amateur camera movement simulated at
nausea throughout. The first 30 minutes is jarringly annoying, with the amateur
camera wielding eggheads shooting shots of chests, foreheads, and tables, and
glasses, while people talk in the background. It gets three stars for the rest,
a strong and spooky monster flick, but would have been better had it not been
for the bad camera effects. Review by Adam Browne
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