Cloverfield Reviews

I have been wanting to see this movie since it was advertised as an Untitled Project before Transformers in summer 2007.  The ad only showed a few details and I will not share anything more!  I do not want to ruin it for you. — Just a little bit about the plot... — The movie starts by saying a few lines on the screen about "this tape was recovered in Central Park" and that is about it.  At the start we see Rob Hawkins in New York playing with his video camera and documenting a date.  This goes for a few minutes before this is cut off and replaced with… read full review »

Bottom-Line: Slow out of the gate, when the action starts Cloverfield delivers an engaging human film that makes the monster a bit player at its own coming out party. — Robert Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) is going to Japan to work, so his future sister-in-law Lily (Jessica Lucas) and his brother Jason (Mike Vogel) are throwing him a party in their lower East side Manhattan apartment.  — Robert is afraid to commit, or admit that he has strong feelings beyond friendship for Elisabeth McIntyre (Odette Yustman) whom he recently slept with but didn't call afterwards; big mistake… read full review »

Cloverfield is a high-intensity first-person monster movie, from Lost producer J. J. Abrams. Think Godzilla meets The Blair Witch Project: brief glimpses of the monster lurking amid the devastation in midtown Manhattan, shot with a jumpy handcam during desperate flight and insane heroics.The premise is that the film was discovered in Central Park, after the event, and is now being viewed in the government archives. Friends throw a going away party for Rob, who's leaving for Japan to take a big new job. During the party, something goes boom. Their high-rise shakes. The lights flicker. It takes… read full review »

I didn't have the time to make it to the theatre to see this on the big screen, and I was really anticipating the DVD release. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!! I WANT THAT HOUR AND A HALF BACK IN MY LIFE!!! I haven't felt this let down in a movie in quite a few years. There was really no suspense, nothing scary...I kept waiting for something to happen, but nothing did. I thought the scene in the subway with the little monsters was okay, but what happened to the girl? I was so disappointed, I thought that the extras would be interesting, but I had lost all patience with the flick by that point,… read full review »

I don't think I have seen much worse than this.  The movement of the camera through out the movie made many moveigoers ill, including my mother who went with me.  We asked for, and received, the money back for our tickets.  Too bad I couldn't get that one and a half hours of my time back.  There didn't seem to be much of a point and there was never enough explanation as to why this creature was in New York in the first place.  I wouldn't even suggest this to rent on video.  There were a few cool effects in things blowing up but not enough to warrant watching the… read full review »

Fans of "The Blair Witch Project" will be happy to know the cameraman has found work again. As facetious as that sounds, the unique gimmick of Cloverfield is that the entire thing is filmed from the point of view of a handheld video camera that the characters are carrying around. This means that there are a LOT of scenes where the screen is jumping all over the place due to the characters running/falling/dodging/etc. It made my wife seasick, and I noticed another couple leave shortly after the film started for the same reason. — That being said, while the movie has a slow… read full review »

I would have to say that this movie had a good plot but wasn't presented in the right way. If it was more like a movie instead of a documentary, it would have been pretty good. I would never go see it again, and I saw a few people walk out in the middle. I was very tempted to follow but I like to finish things that I start. Overall I would give it one star.… read full review »

Cloverfield took the movie industry to a whole new level. This movie shocked me. I sat on the edge of the couch throughout the entire movie. I honestly rented the movie three times. I rushed out and bought it. I am not a fan of these types of movies. I had to watch Godzilla just because that was the writer's inspiration. — Cloverfield rocked! —… read full review »

I was looking forward to this movie for a while.  I remember seeing the fist preview for it, way before Transformers came out, and thinking it was a Godzilla movie.  Definitely anything but!!  I love JJ Abrams and Alias, so I was already coming in with high expectations, not disappointed with Cloverfield. —  Without trying to spoil the movie, it was definitely fantastic.  I actually enjoyed the choppy, home video feel to it.  It just made me feel like I was right there with them, trying to see what they were seeing.  Great job!  It could have got… read full review »

Although the shaky cam filming style and limited viewer perspective of Cloverfield left many dazed, confused, and even sick, the movie offered something that most Hollywood offerings these days seem to lack; originality! — — Now I know what your thinking. New York gets attacked, how original; a monster of some sort goes on a rampage, thats nothing new; haven't we already seen the handy-cam movie when it was called Blair Witch? Ok, well i'll give you that.. but Cloverfield takes these elements and combines them into something that is truly a spectacle. The incredible special… read full review »

I saw Cloverfield mainly because my husband really wanted to, and the trailer looked interesting.  Also it got lots of good reviews and it's from the people behind Lost, which I love.  I'm normally a real scaredy cat when it comes to monster movies, but even I didn't find this very scary.  Not to give too many spoilers, but you barely get to see the monster, and what you see is not all that impressive.  Plus, as others have mentioned, there is no explanation as to what it is and how it got to New York.  I guess I just like my stories a little more wrapped up with… read full review »

Wow! What a waist of time and money! This was one of the worst movies, I have ever watched. I for one hate movies with no endings. This movie, for the most part looked like it could have been filmed by a bunch of frinds just goofing around. I say, if you are going to spend that much money making a movie, make it a good one. I will give it some credit for the actors, I found there rolls to be beliavable and likeable. I felt that this movie missed a lot, like I had started watching it about an hour into the movie and missed the last hour. I don't think this is one I will be adding to my… read full review »

The end of this movie kind of leaves the viewer Hanging.  But then on reflection of the movie, I would say that over all it is a love story.  The guy goes through "Hell" basically to save this girl so he can tell her he loves her. — It is dissappointing as you are never told, shown or see enough of the monster to figure out what it is but that is not what is important in the movie.  — I think that a lot of people who see this movie are initially turned off by it.  I wasn't sure what to think at first then I decided that it was all about the… read full review »