Cloverfield
United States
2008
85 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character. —IMDb
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Duncan Jones
2Apr12
If its appropriation of 9/11 imagery is cheap then its impact is a bargain. Composed of fragments that register subconsciously, the subjective style evokes the contemporary horror of witnessing the catastrophic while lacking the guidance of authority, be it a politician or an omniscient camera. Collateral damage to monuments may be cliché, but DV finally gives Lady Liberty's decapitation a power beyond the symbolic.
Michael Nisi
14Jan12
I would have prefered more subtlety. The explicit display of monsters constrains the potential horror.
TakaAwesome
8Sep11
Of all the "found footage" subgenre of films, this one's the best in my opinion. Severely underrated and undeservedly hated.
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By T.J. Royal on November 14, 2009
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I don’t want to spoil anything for anybody about this feature. I’ll just say it’s one of the best horror/suspense movies I’ve had the pleasure of watching in… read review
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By Josh Tierney on October 4, 2009
Cloverfield (aka Duderfield, Brahfield, etc.) comes across as a remake of the other American Godzilla movie (the one starring Ferris Bueller), only Cloverfield is somehow more generic and lacking any… read review
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By Arctvrvs on September 10, 2009
Out of the p.o.v. trend that hit not long ago this was the one film that stood out to me. Instead of a gimmick, the camera was used to create tension and fear. Besides the fact that characters dialogue… read review
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By jaredmobarak on June 9, 2009
Cloverfield is a damn good time at the movies—something that one can’t say very often in January, the month usually utilized to dump films while Oscar-bait from the previous year gets released. Seeing… read review
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