3.5 out of 5 stars
If you take Goonies, Stand By Me, and ET and just kind of mash them all together you get something like Super 8. To be fair, this is a decent movie that just cannot stand up to its advanced billing, its as if Abrams cant get out of the way of his many homages to Spielberg enough to let his own talent and vision shine through. That’s my reviewers hat take, in my Daddy hat, this is a lot of fun to watch with the kids, not too scary and hits just the right tone for kiddie horror and we had a great time.
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: J.J. Abrams
Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills
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Official Website: Super8-movie.com
Summary: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
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Alice (Elle Fanning) acts like a zombie.
The secret Air Force incident report is finally revealed.
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