Cloverfield
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
26
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
No movie this year will better embody Macbeth's description of life itself: "a tale ... full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Read full review
30
Washington PostJohn Anderson
Cloverfield is a relentless, I-thought-my-eyeballs-were-bleeding exercise in visual disorientation. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Like too many big-studio productions, Cloverfield works as a showcase for impressively realistic-looking special effects, a realism that fails to extend to the scurrying humans whose fates are meant to invoke pity and fear but instead inspire yawns and contempt. Rarely have I rooted for a monster with such enthusiasm. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
It pretends to examine how self-absorbed we are as a culture, only to be consumed by its own self-absorption. It's also badly constructed, humorless and emotionally sadistic . Read full review
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