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Cloverfield

3 stars out of 5

Stomach churning "amateur" camerawork, combined with an adequate script, over the top CGI and characters you really never care about makes for a scary movie that leaves you uninvolved. And the fright is momentary; it scarcely outlasts your stay in the theater. Let me add my voice to the chorus of other reviewers who warns you: don't eat just before seeing this. Also, if you have severe memories of 9/11, this is not the film for you. And if you're the kind of person that gets sick on amusement park rides, don't go at all. Plot holes you could drive a truck through: the cellphone system and power grids would be out and would stay out after about 30 seconds of the attack shown. The NYC subway runs 24/7, so all the scenes in the subway would involve them being run over--but at least, since the subway has its own power system, it is vaguely plausible that the lights would be on down there.

January 27, 2008 in Film |

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