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hcliffedJul 15, 2016

The original was a lot more exciting, a lot more curious ... this film didn't know what it wanted to be. I found myself laughing at the end... with all the alien crap. It took all the suspense right out of the previous events.

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Hippie629Jul 3, 2016

For a movie relying on its suspense it didn't have very much tension in it.
Every time it had a scene that should of had tension, all I could think was, "wait that scene from the trailer with this character hasn't happened yet, they're goingFor a movie relying on its suspense it didn't have very much tension in it.
Every time it had a scene that should of had tension, all I could think was, "wait that scene from the trailer with this character hasn't happened yet, they're going to be fine".
I had no investment in the characters, when a scene where something could happen to someone comes up I didn't care weather they would make it or not.
The ending felt like the half way point of the story, and seemed like it was done that way to set up a sequel.… Expand

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Benkoko11Feb 23, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In a classic case of having your cake and eating it, what began as a contained psychological thriller got undercut by its rediculous ending. Clearly they had to keep sci-fi elements to be part of the Cloverfield series but it would have been better without - or with only hints of it. Also pretty egregious that she managed to kill the alian spaceship with a molotov cocktail.… Expand

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skipper23Apr 10, 2016

The movie was boring at parts and the ending, in my opinion, was unsatisfactory. Other than that, I felt that John Goodman played a good antagonist and the movie was suspenseful at times.

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FireOccatorJul 16, 2016

This movie will be featured in half heaven where people, who did okay I guess, are sent. The camera is often shaky and with a low FoV. The soundtrack does exist, but goes mostly unnoticed. The characters do stupid things and the storyline hasThis movie will be featured in half heaven where people, who did okay I guess, are sent. The camera is often shaky and with a low FoV. The soundtrack does exist, but goes mostly unnoticed. The characters do stupid things and the storyline has more phases than a human trough their entire life. The movie has a bunker, but the thing that everyone knows should happen only happens at the end.… Expand

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EviltoastSAAug 3, 2016

I fail to understand how this film can get a higher rating than the previous "cloverfield" film. In total id say there is about 20 to 30 mins of screen time that resembles anything that the concept or brand "cloverfield" would bring to mind.I fail to understand how this film can get a higher rating than the previous "cloverfield" film. In total id say there is about 20 to 30 mins of screen time that resembles anything that the concept or brand "cloverfield" would bring to mind. And i bet the writers and director thought they were pretty smart with the story, but its frankly boring and underwhelming. You still have that "what the f*ck is going on?" vibe its just A LOT more timid and stale than the previous movie. I be giving away spoilers if i describe the plot more but if you watch this movie with the idea of watching anything cloverfield related you will be disappointed. So in short a its a bit of a "fail" move in terms of plot but i has to be said if you havnt seen the previous film this wont be as bad to be honest, not great but not terrible.… Expand

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meediocreJun 11, 2016

What was a reasonable and somewhat worth-watching psychological thriller, with some good performances, turns completely farcical at the end, completely spoiling the entire premise. I also can't see what relationship this film has to Abram'sWhat was a reasonable and somewhat worth-watching psychological thriller, with some good performances, turns completely farcical at the end, completely spoiling the entire premise. I also can't see what relationship this film has to Abram's Cloverfield, which was overall a better film.… Expand

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sapient254Mar 12, 2016

This was a movie that had so much potential, but fell flat in the end. The characters are all fantastic and there is a constant sense of unease and curiosity that you feel throughout the movie, yet it all comes crashing down in the last 10-15This was a movie that had so much potential, but fell flat in the end. The characters are all fantastic and there is a constant sense of unease and curiosity that you feel throughout the movie, yet it all comes crashing down in the last 10-15 minutes. I almost feel cheated out of experiencing what could have been a fantastically suspenseful film.

The Good:
- So much about what makes a movie suspenseful is not what you see, but what you don't see. There is a lot of mystery as to whether Goodman's character is just a crazy psychopath, or if he's just a bit of a weirdo that happens to be telling the truth about all the chaos going on outside the bunker.
-John Goodman truly stole the show here. He acted a character that, in one moment seemed to be a kind-hearted and caring person whom you felt compassion for, and in the next he was a raging psychopath which made you want to run and hide away in a corner for fear of your life.
-Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character, Michelle, was well thought out. She wasn't your typical damsel in distress, but she also wasn't your overly used super strong female lead either. She was a bit in between which I found to be more believable and refreshing.
-The cinematography and editing was done very well. The opening scene comes into mind here, in particular. You can't hear anything MIchelle is saying, but you know just about everything that is going on simply by the imagery being presented to you. A phone conversation in which Michelle is clearly upset, to the point of tears, leads to her walking out of the room with her things while the camera pans to a desk with keys and an engagement ring sitting on it. Nothing was spoken, yet you know what just transpired. I love that and wish more movies would take note.

The Bad:
-Throughout the film, Michelle and her supporting partner-in-crime, Emmett devised plans and schemes which, for the life of me, I could not understand why they didn't just do while Howard was asleep.
-They loved to talk so loudly to each other while devising their little escape plans. I felt as though all of these scenes should have had them whispering or writing notes to each other if they truly felt Howard was a threat to their safety and ability to escape the bunker.
-All of the above is nitpicking on an otherwise great film. What really had me cringing, however, was the awful ending to this movie. I felt as though it would have been a perfect movie if it weren't for the out-of-left-field moments being experienced in the final scenes. A good movie makes you think after it's over. A good movie makes you wonder what really happened to the characters. A good movie makes your imagination go crazy trying to answer all the questions it didn't. When a film like this relies so heavily on mystery and the unknown, only to suddenly show all at the very end, it takes away all of that post-movie-going-experience wonder that I enjoy so much.

It's one thing for it to happen to a bad movie, but when it happens to a good movie, it's truly heartbreaking.… Expand

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yekimevolMar 20, 2016

Average movie, cast perform well and there is a decent thriller in there. However it should have not included the cloverfield name it added pressure and sees to have been added at the last minute adding a lot of weirdness to the movie.

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MacrovJun 14, 2016

This movie ws just average at best. Whipe there are so!e tense moments, it uotimately doesn't pay off. At the beginning i felt like it could be somethijg pretty interestimg, but by the end it felt like this movie got all this hype forThis movie ws just average at best. Whipe there are so!e tense moments, it uotimately doesn't pay off. At the beginning i felt like it could be somethijg pretty interestimg, but by the end it felt like this movie got all this hype for nothing. This fiom doesn't neccesaily do anything bad, but it sure doesn't make you feel like you had a worthwhile experience. By the end i felt like i had just watched something that has no purpose or need to be made.… Expand

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ZachSchellerAug 14, 2016

A tense, back and forth thriller that gets a little monotonous over it's short, hour and thirty runtime. Despite that (and the slightly lack-luster final act), 10 Cloverfield Lane is still a smart way to make a sequel in the "Cloverfield"A tense, back and forth thriller that gets a little monotonous over it's short, hour and thirty runtime. Despite that (and the slightly lack-luster final act), 10 Cloverfield Lane is still a smart way to make a sequel in the "Cloverfield" universe...… Expand

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doodlermanMar 22, 2016

It's the kind of movie that's been made a thousand times, but this time in tight quarters, feigning originality. I wanted to love this movie, but I may have been too bound to my original expectations. I expected something much more seriousIt's the kind of movie that's been made a thousand times, but this time in tight quarters, feigning originality. I wanted to love this movie, but I may have been too bound to my original expectations. I expected something much more serious and tensely paced. This movie is cliched ridiculousness. It's done better than most cliched ridiculousness, sure, but it devolves into something so stupid that it can't be forgiven.

John Goodman is good, but not particularly menacing. I guess I have my perceptions of him as a lovable big guy to blame for that, but for the duration of the film, I never felt threatened by him. The writing could be to blame, here. His character is almost immediately too obviously whacko. In his introduction, he doesn't immediately try explaining what's going on up in the world above, but instead makes cryptic statements that sound like he plans on doing horrible things. I know this is the writers' way of building suspense, but it lacks the subtlety to succeed in being suspenseful.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is fantastic - her character is not. Or mostly not. The character arc is more forced than Sandra Bullock's in Gravity. It frustrates me when apocalyptic movies feature characters telling miscellaneous stories from their pasts as though it constitutes as full-fledged development. It doesn't. I want to see a character develop throughout a movie. Instead, her character's development remains on a steady plateau up until the ridiculous ending where her character takes a complete 180 after the climax. Without spoiling anything, I just want to say, the reveal is stupid. I laughed out loud it was so dumb. I was convinced the movie was trying to end humorously, but it was legitimately trying to be chilling with a reveal so generic.

I have a lot more I want to say about his movie, but only so much time. I might continue writing later.… Expand

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AnonJMar 11, 2016

No matter how "thrilling" or whatsoever it is, the plot simply just makes no sense from start to finish and leaves way too many unfilled holes here and there. Surely many thrillers aren't known for complex and well thought-of plots as much asNo matter how "thrilling" or whatsoever it is, the plot simply just makes no sense from start to finish and leaves way too many unfilled holes here and there. Surely many thrillers aren't known for complex and well thought-of plots as much as the detailed depictions. But really, even seeing it in that light it's still just much more nonsensical than most other thrillers. At least it's certainly not worth such high scores seen around here. How could a film be good if the very premise it stands on just couldn't hold at all, and much of what the characters have been doing is just inexplicable? Such plot flaws are just too glaring to be ignored and really ruin everything else in it. Also I really don't see much of a connection between this one and the original Cloverfield at all, the ending just literally came out of nowhere and is totally unrelated to the main story.… Expand

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GinaKMar 13, 2016

I found 10 Cloverfield Lane to be a major disappointment. Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone knew how to create paranoia in a small space, but not this film. I just got a new watch, which allows me to see the time in the dark, and I consulted it atI found 10 Cloverfield Lane to be a major disappointment. Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone knew how to create paranoia in a small space, but not this film. I just got a new watch, which allows me to see the time in the dark, and I consulted it at least three times during the first 90 minutes of this film, which seemed to take forever. I really didn’t care about the characters or their situation or what they ate or the board (bored) games they played. However, I did agree with some of the User Reviews I read – the last 15 minutes are great fun. My advice is to wait until it turns up on cable so you can fast forward over the first 90 minutes or tune in for the last 15.… Expand

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bcdserraMay 6, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really don't understand those high scores.
I love film, I almost love them all and I always find the good in them or at least appreciate what critics and other users saw in them. In this one however, the only good I found were the performances.
I don't get the "John Goodman is bad, no he's good, oh wait no he's bad with a little monster action in the last 5 minutes".
Make this a 100% psycho kidnapper movie or use that gimmick for suspense in the first half hour of a real monster movie and you've got a working formula.
Instead we get this schizophrenic treatment of the story that didn't make sense, and most viewers seem to think there's that brilliant twist, like nobody remembers the big spoiler that is THE TITLE OF THE MOVIE.
This leaves even the most openminded viewer with only one option when watching this: waiting for the creature to appear onscreen.… Expand

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KPWarriorApr 4, 2016

The characters and plot are excellent. My mind swung one way then another trying to decide which way to interpret the clues as they unfolded. However once I saw the ending I felt a little deflated, a bit like having a Michelin star dinnerThe characters and plot are excellent. My mind swung one way then another trying to decide which way to interpret the clues as they unfolded. However once I saw the ending I felt a little deflated, a bit like having a Michelin star dinner with a last course of jam roly poly.… Expand

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ArthurSpoonerJul 2, 2016

10 Cloverfield Lane is marketed as a psychological thriller, and for the amount of time that it attempts to be a psychological thriller, it succeeds. Unfortunately, the plot weakens towards the end, and the movie instead starts to present10 Cloverfield Lane is marketed as a psychological thriller, and for the amount of time that it attempts to be a psychological thriller, it succeeds. Unfortunately, the plot weakens towards the end, and the movie instead starts to present itself as a sci-fi/action movie with an ending that leaves viewers puzzled about how exactly it got there. A fantastic first 90 minutes, strengthened by the performances of the three lead actors and small thrills, helps make up for this somewhat, but those looking for an exciting and logical ending will be highly disappointed.… Expand

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sophiebennett52Mar 26, 2016

The first 3/4 of the movie was wonderful. It was dramatic and exciting. But, tragically, the last 1/4 of the movie was absolutely horrendous. The effects were terrible. It didnt seem original or like it fit the rest of the movie at all. IfThe first 3/4 of the movie was wonderful. It was dramatic and exciting. But, tragically, the last 1/4 of the movie was absolutely horrendous. The effects were terrible. It didnt seem original or like it fit the rest of the movie at all. If you're looking for a movie with a great build and a terrible ending filled with mediocre, unoriginal plot devices, then go ahead and drop $10 on this poorly done film… Expand

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jez1968Apr 1, 2016

Good tension and build up for the first 90 minutes of the film totally ruined by the last 15 minutes of nonsense when the writer clearly didn't have a clue how to end it and rushed a ridiculous ending which got sillier by the minute. FeltGood tension and build up for the first 90 minutes of the film totally ruined by the last 15 minutes of nonsense when the writer clearly didn't have a clue how to end it and rushed a ridiculous ending which got sillier by the minute. Felt like the writer had given up after that first 90 minutes and given it to his 5 year old child to make up the rest.… Expand

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Q8MarrongGlaceMay 20, 2016

Started normal then became more interested over the time until the last 10 min of the movie then boom the ending was so disappointing that makes me wondering , But not long once I find out that this is the first real movie for the director ,Started normal then became more interested over the time until the last 10 min of the movie then boom the ending was so disappointing that makes me wondering , But not long once I find out that this is the first real movie for the director , So maybe with more and more experience we will see a better movies in future from Mr. Trachtenberg .… Expand

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SwissDannyMay 19, 2016

Sorry, doesn't work for me. Goodman comes across as more of passive aggressive bully than a psychopath. The plot is full of holes and about a suspenseful as waiting for a London bus.

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TheQuietGamerJul 2, 2016

It's a slow paced thriller. That's not really a bad thing. Often times the best thrillers are slow paced, as it allows for the director to deliver moments of ever increasing urgency that build up the tension as effectively as possible. ThatIt's a slow paced thriller. That's not really a bad thing. Often times the best thrillers are slow paced, as it allows for the director to deliver moments of ever increasing urgency that build up the tension as effectively as possible. That isn't so much the case here. Director Dan Trachtenberg seems to be perfectly okay with simply leaving our lead actress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in a weird, mysterious, and possibly dangerous situation that never really builds up anything until it goes off the deep end in it's finale.

It's a suitably creepy set up and John Goodman does a great job at keeping us guessing with his menacing performance. However what keeps the movie from having us on the edge our seats is that it's got no balls. It never does anything to really freak us out. Make us feel like these characters are in danger. At least not until right at the end. But at that point the whole thing is basically over. To make matters just a bit worse, it takes a goofy turn with it's final act.

Of course goofiness isn't something I should have been too shocked about. 10 Cloverfield Lane does make sure you know it has a sense of humor about itself. Most of the time it's knowing winks to the audience are used to bring a more human feel to the situation. Make it more believable and amplify what little tension it does have to keep us watching. A reminder that things could go batcrap at any second. Other times it just makes us laugh and causes some of the tension to go away. That's rare though.

Still, I can't give the movie credit enough for John Gallagher Jr. I know Goodman is the John everybody is raving about, but Gallagher is the one who caught my eye. He further helps to ground the film in reality and is just all around likable. The whole cast is fantastic, but it was Gallagher in his role reminiscent of a (younger) Jason Sudeikis that made the movie for me. It also helped that he was the only character onscreen who was fleshed out in any way.

That's another thing that takes away from the urgency of the situation. We are supposed to be worried for and care about Winstead's character, but we literally know nothing about her. We know only a little bit more about Goodman's character, but that's okay. The sense of mystery about him amplifies the potential danger. It really only hurts Winstead and unfortunately she's our lead. It also makes it odd to see her survival skills when they literally pop out of nowhere. How does she know how to do this stuff? Beats me. The movie doesn't tell.

So yeah, it's a thriller that doesn't have much tension. It's not completely devoid of it thanks to the mystery, but there isn't enough to please hardcore genre enthusiasts with lots of experience with movies of the like. Whether or not it's big reveal at the end will be a joke to you or not, I cannot say. It's definitely unexpected. However I personally thought it was kind of too over-the-top. Kudos to the movie for doing it though. Nice bit of originality to be honest.

There just needed to be more teeth to this film. Something to deliver some real bite. The set up was there, but it ultimately didn't deliver too much. It's not a terrible film and it's got fantastic performances all around. However it's on the verge of being so much more. It's like it needed a push to really take it somewhere and just never got one. So ultimately it's a decent, but ultimately unfulfilling thriller with nice production and a talented cast. Do with that info what you will.… Expand

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dr_zoidberg590Dec 12, 2016

No real resolution or narrative. The whole point of a movie like this is you know nothing until the end. But at the end, we still know practically nothing.

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imthenoobMar 14, 2021

The cast does a great job but the plot just doesn't deliver on what the premise has to offer. There is a lot of slowness that really bogs down the middle of the film. It just isn't that interesting of the movie and the alien stuff at the endThe cast does a great job but the plot just doesn't deliver on what the premise has to offer. There is a lot of slowness that really bogs down the middle of the film. It just isn't that interesting of the movie and the alien stuff at the end felt really shoehorned in.… Expand

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Iamcritical86Jan 15, 2021

John Goodman was sensational, as always. As for the action, I think it was too little too late. I feel like the viewer was robbed of so much more potential action that COULD have taken place earlier in the picture. I think there were a coupleJohn Goodman was sensational, as always. As for the action, I think it was too little too late. I feel like the viewer was robbed of so much more potential action that COULD have taken place earlier in the picture. I think there were a couple of loose ends in the script. Like at the end (for example,) when the girl exits the bunker and it's broad daylight - but 45 seconds later, somehow it's dark??? Not sure what happened there. Overall, it could have been better, but it could have been much worse, too.… Expand

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amheretojudgeNov 21, 2018

compelling and generous, if sinister..

10 Cloverfield Lane Trachtenberg's smart horror drama is compelling and generous, if sinister. As it was in previous installment, this franchise thrives on the uncertrainity aspect of it. And this iscompelling and generous, if sinister..

10 Cloverfield Lane

Trachtenberg's smart horror drama is compelling and generous, if sinister. As it was in previous installment, this franchise thrives on the uncertrainity aspect of it. And this is something that Trachtenberg has extracted that piece of Reeves's idea and foliated it into a thrilling ride that gives you the chills of a free falling roller coaster. And just like that experience the characters in here too are not in control of their life. It puts three chess pieces on the board that is trapped with spooky things, on that note this is a challenging plot to pull off.

And even though it circles back to the origin, the middle section, the root, the core of the feature is what's genuinely inspiring. It somehow resembles with Garland's Ex Machina, since the politics it plays with the characters that it fiddles like puppets, is a nail-biting intense drama. There is also a bit of ease on the narration and even though it is confined in basically a room, it definitely expands its idea beyond that. Elizabeth Winstead; the protagonist, lives up to her character with her convincing portrayal of a scared and a lost girl trying to figure out her environment.

But the character to look up to, is Goodman, his stellar performance of a complex and more importantly three dimensional survivor is worth hoping in on this ride. His ideologies are drawn from the war he has seen and tactics challenging to its current generation, a masterstroke by the writers. Ticking for around hundred minutes, it fluctuates a lot from being grounded and practical to being profoundly mediocre and amateur. 10 Cloverfield Lane is a win-win for the writers to live up to its franchise hype, but in terms of horror it falls short handed at times.… Expand

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sureyoungAug 31, 2020

The overflow of 2008’s Cloverfield hasn’t brought the sequel, Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016, a surrounding like that of The Conjuring. It’s a film which has neither captured the essence of a thriller, nor held back the ebb ofThe overflow of 2008’s Cloverfield hasn’t brought the sequel, Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, 2016, a surrounding like that of The Conjuring. It’s a film which has neither captured the essence of a thriller, nor held back the ebb of Paramount’s flops.

The film, if launched in 2020, would be called “a facade of vicissitudes in the time of epidemic”. However, Hollywood does not sell virtues; virtues from the USA is the panacea. Imagine, a poster of a haunted house, a trailer of a woman who is facing up with an apparently psycho uncle as well as a mysterious attack, and a front logo of Paramount, would you be convinced to go to the cinema? The answer depends on how much you’d like to pay for a sluggish, halfway thriller carried by clumsy performances from John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Needless to say, even if you are not a watcher of Cloverfield, and the suddenly dropped trailer which uncovered its stealth production, your viewing experience of 10 Cloverfield Lane would not change a bit. There is no distinct connection between these two films. The setting is recycled that the earth is being attacked by aliens and affected by a widespread chemical poison. However, based on an obviously low budget and an inexperienced director, the film moves awkwardly, with a few splendid scenes and a combination of horror and sci-fi, which ironically accounts for the blockbuster of the film correspondingly. The history begins with The Cellar, the script by Josh Campbell and Matthew Stuecken, and later it was retrofitted to place it in the world of Cloverfield. The beginning of the film is a terrifying car accident, by no one telling how it happened. After Michelle (Winstead) wakes up in a cellar, she finds herself chained to the wall, and the kidnapper Howard (Goodman) comes and claims to be her savior by notifying that the world outside is contaminated, full of breathless air. Then the story goes as if Alfred Hitchcock is directing, or should we say another piece of Catch Me If You Can. The No.1 advantage of this genre, like a lot of films we’ve watched, is that the psycho is indescribable, just like Howard. Both his appearance and behavior, from the very beginning, do not earn any trust from Michelle. She’s determined to run away, esp. after she meets Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.), another so-called lucky guy who was saved by Howard on that doomsday. Something between Emmett and Michelle has suggested that the cellar built by Howard is not as simple as for just such an apocalyptic occasion. However, the failure of her escape attempt has proved the terror briefed by Howard and dispelled her thought to be a fugitive.

The game has just begun. Howard, Emmett and Michelle live together like a family, a strange family. The thrilling part of the film focuses on John Goodman’s performance. As a maniac, he’s not that noticeable. He’s like a puzzle waiting to be unlocked. Wavering between an uncle next-door, who strongly believes that, since he’s saved Michelle and Emmett, they should worship him as God, and a misogynist, whose intentions are complex and expectations from Michelle and Emmett in return conflicted, John Goodman, though has nothing to do with aliens, has mirrored the twist in the dialogue-free final act, which has retrofitted the traditional thriller into the sci-fi universe. It works.

The return of 10 Cloverfield Lane is great, in the case of a horror of lesser greatness. I watched it on the day I wrote this film critic. It’s been four years later. Both rating and ROI, according to the data on IMDB, are dazzling. A period of four years has witnessed the outburst of horrors, exemplified by Get Out,2017, and the downfall of Paramount, by a number of flops. To say that 10 Cloverfield Lane has started the Pandora's box of Paramount is not justifiable. However, as a novice film critic, my rating would be 6.2/10, on account of facts that it’s a film which avoids the important and dwell on the trivial, that the atmosphere of the film is not as horrifying as that if both horror and sci-fi parts are strengthened, that the antagonist should be more of Alfred Hitchcock than Steven Spielberg.

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The Way to Breathe
By Oscar Young

The night is far
Yet can see the star
I keep asking myself
What’re those Elf

The air is dark
When does it embark
Away from serenity
Tell me their identity

I find the way to breathe
In a world being seethed
Hope is behind groping
Whenever there is no forever

The way I live
Something has to give
Is he the last one
After everything is done

Tomorrow comes late
Unclear is my fate
A piece of my wish
We are the world unfinished

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SorrowKillerApr 25, 2021

I guess I should have watched the trailer of the movie before going to see it. I am a big fan of the first film; with its shaky first person, found footage camera work, navigating through torn NYC was very captivating for me since it remindsI guess I should have watched the trailer of the movie before going to see it. I am a big fan of the first film; with its shaky first person, found footage camera work, navigating through torn NYC was very captivating for me since it reminds me of a level design of video gaming.

For this movie, I was expecting more of the same. Oh boy was I wrong. They literally swapped genres for this movie. This movie had nothing to do with Cloverfield until the very end. What's John Goodman got to do with Cloverfield? Nothing. No doubt he has great acting, but undoubtedly if this movie didn't have the title Cloverfield attached to it, it could have been a box office failure. I was really expecting more like the first movie. I was expecting them to go out and see what it's like outside of the bunker. That only happened in the end. Nothing in the movie was sci-fi from beginning to nearly the end. Nothing. Highly disappointing if you expected the movie to be like the first one. It might be good if you expect the movie to a psychological thriller with a Cloverfield title attached.… Expand

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ALAMLEDPFeb 22, 2023

"10 Cloverfield Lane" is a distant relative of 2008's "Cloverfield", sharing only a few crumbs that suggest a stronger link between the two films. While "Cloverfield" was a dizzying handheld camera event, "10 Cloverfield Lane" is a"10 Cloverfield Lane" is a distant relative of 2008's "Cloverfield", sharing only a few crumbs that suggest a stronger link between the two films. While "Cloverfield" was a dizzying handheld camera event, "10 Cloverfield Lane" is a third-person narrative shot in standard fashion. The film is set primarily in an apartment, on the open road, and in a fateful bunker, and succeeds in creating a sense of claustrophobia with every door locked by unforgiving metal and a lack of privacy.

John Goodman is excellent as Howard, the seemingly crazy owner of the bunker who is a walking enigma. It is unclear whether his story of devastating attacks outside is true, and what his personal story may be. Goodman's portrayal of Howard is perfect, with a blend of sinister goodwill, anxiety, and a seething temper boiling beneath the surface. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is also faultless as Michelle, the defiant, weary hostage who starts out frantic and ends up scheming and playing the long game. John Gallagher Jr.'s character is just okay, not adding much to the movie.

The film is a slow burner, building tension and suspense, but I found the overly long sequences of nothingness to drag on and detract from the overall movie experience. As the third act picks up, it feels too little, too late, and too contrived to be a worthy payoff for the buildup. Additionally, many of the situations in the film feel too convenient, such as the shower curtain being a perfect fit for a fallout suit, the earring that is found, and the radio turning on just by the precise road sign.

While "10 Cloverfield Lane" has a great premise of whether to trust the menacing man who has entrapped you or try your luck outside in the potentially deadly air, the buildup doesn't pay off in the end. The performances by Goodman and Winstead are the saving grace of the film, otherwise, it would score lower.

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"10 Cloverfield Lane" es un pariente lejano de "Cloverfield" de 2008, compartiendo solo algunas migajas que sugieren un vínculo más fuerte entre las dos películas. Mientras que "Cloverfield" fue un vertiginoso evento de cámara en mano, "10 Cloverfield Lane" es una toma narrativa en tercera persona de manera estándar. La película está ambientada principalmente en un departamento, en la carretera abierta y en un fatídico búnker, y logra crear una sensación de claustrofobia con todas las puertas cerradas con un metal implacable y falta de privacidad.

John Goodman es excelente como Howard, el propietario aparentemente loco del búnker que es un enigma ambulante. No está claro si su historia de ataques devastadores en el exterior es cierta y cuál puede ser su historia personal. La interpretación que hace Goodman de Howard es perfecta, con una mezcla de siniestra buena voluntad, ansiedad y un temperamento hirviente que hierve bajo la superficie. Mary Elizabeth Winstead también es impecable como Michelle, la rehén desafiante y cansada que comienza frenética y termina intrigando y jugando a largo plazo. El personaje de John Gallagher Jr. está bien, no agrega mucho a la película.

La película es lenta, genera tensión y suspenso, pero encontré que las secuencias demasiado largas de la nada alargan y restan valor a la experiencia cinematográfica en general. A medida que avanza el tercer acto, se siente demasiado pequeño, demasiado tarde y demasiado artificial para ser una recompensa digna de la acumulación. Además, muchas de las situaciones en la película se sienten demasiado convenientes, como que la cortina de la ducha se ajusta perfectamente a un traje fallido, el arete que se encuentra y la radio que se enciende justo al lado de la señal de tráfico precisa.

Si bien "10 Cloverfield Lane" tiene una gran premisa sobre si confiar en el hombre amenazante que te ha atrapado o probar suerte afuera en el aire potencialmente mortal, la acumulación no vale la pena al final. Las actuaciones de Goodman y Winstead son la gracia salvadora de la película, de lo contrario, obtendría una puntuación más baja.… Expand

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