CLOVERFIELDÂ (15)
D: Matt Reeves
Paramount/Bad Robot (J.J. Abrams & Bryan
Burk)
USA 🇺🇸 2007
81 mins
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Science Fiction
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W: Drew Goddard
DP: Michael Bonvillain
Ed:Â Kevin Stitt
PD: Martin Whist
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Lizzy Caplan (Marlena Diamond), Jessica Lucas (Lily Ford),
T.J. Miller (Hudson Platt) Michael Stahl-David (Robert Hawkins), Mike Vogel (Jason Hawkins)
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Godzilla-like creature attacks New York City and the event is presented via home video style footage, following an opening act set at a leaving party where nothing of particular consequence
really happens... until the moment the city comes under attack.
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landmark film in regards to its experimental concept, visually it's amazing as well as quite uncomfortable & nauseating to watch, though this style creates an atmosphere which sucks you in
and make you feel as if you're experiencing the disastrous occurences for real. It's as frustrating as it is thrilling, however, with no explanation to the creatures origin... The only reference
comes from the minimal dialogue ''It's a terrible thing" and "It's winning"! A few scenes require you to reach for the pause or rewind buttons so you can try and fathom what it is you did or
didn't see, and some of the dialogue is inaudible, but that doesn't matter too much as it's not a conversation-driven film. It is however, the finest science-fiction horror movie released from
the United States in many years. The film received heavy criticism in some circles for exploiting the horrors of 9/11, which I think is particularly unfair.
7/10
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