The Cloverfield Paradox
Paramount Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): February 4, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
17
Negative:
9
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IGNJonathon DornbushFeb 5, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox is a paradox in itself. Split between trying to be a standalone sci-fi space horror and a key linking point in the Cloverfield mythos, the film never truly succeeds at either. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 5, 2018
In the case of The Cloverfield Paradox, it’s just a fancy word for “junk drawer.” Read full review
58
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthFeb 5, 2018
The greatest benefit of the shock release of The Cloverfield Paradox is that going in cold makes the most out of the film’s bonkers turns. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 9, 2018
As for the movie itself, it’s not worth much ink. A kluge of bad science and worse science fiction clichés, it tries to be atmospheric and scary but succeeds only at being frustrating and tedious. Read full review
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Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 8, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox is “Lost” in space — a faint, well-acted blip on the radar of your viewing life. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 7, 2018
A mildly entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking but ultimately ludicrous deep space thriller. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFeb 5, 2018
Things speed up too quickly, meaning just when the movie’s rhythms should become loopier and the action more eccentric, The Cloverfield Paradox becomes one more formulaic ticking-clock series of chases and shootings with a moral dilemma for pathos and then uplift. Read full review
50
SlateSam AdamsFeb 5, 2018
Great(ish) ideas and terrible ones sit cheek by jowl, original notions and blatant thievery corralled together with no discernible logic. It’s a horror movie one moment, a comedy the next, as if Netflix were streaming several different titles at once. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoFeb 5, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox is a monster-sized misfire that feels disconnected from the franchise it’s crashing. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFeb 5, 2018
Uziel's screenplay has some clever geopolitical ideas – though it's hard to tell how many of those came before or after it was Cloververse-ified via a tour through Abrams's magical mystery factory – but its twists feel routine, its narrative spine limp and its conclusion especially rushed. Read full review
50
ConsequenceRandall ColburnFeb 5, 2018
It’s weird, intermittently amusing gobbledygook that should help a drowsy weekday night pass a bit quicker. Unfortunately, mediocrity won’t do much for the Cloverfield brand, which set a high bar for itself with 10 Cloverfield Lane. Read full review
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Vanity FairJoanna RobinsonFeb 5, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox reaches for so many outlandish twists, turns, and sci-fi tropes that it forgets to build the one thing that genre stories of its kind need: believable and sympathetic human characters. Read full review
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The Film StageJordan RaupFeb 5, 2018
Not containing the wit to be smart, thrilling sci-fi nor the chutzpah to embrace a fun, B-movie shlock vibe, it unfortunately feels like an uninspired TV pilot that any other network would’ve permanently locked in a vault. Read full review
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EmpireAlex GodfreyFeb 5, 2018
The third Cloverfield film is just about a Cloverfield film, but definitely a disappointment, trading on its name but not living up to its already muddled heritage. Only intermittently fun. Read full review
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The TelegraphEd PowerFeb 5, 2018
As 2017’s gripping and confidently philosophical Life proved, it’s possible to weave an original action movie from the smelly-people-trapped-in-space cliche. Yet The Cloverfield Paradox’s take on the genre is ham-fisted, with deafening bursts of exposition strewn between endless, talky, tedium. Read full review
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VoxAlissa WilkinsonFeb 4, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox has a great cast and an interesting setup, but it feels extremely — almost painfully — derivative of other science fiction films. It’s not nearly as good as its predecessors. Read full review
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The GuardianBenjamin LeeFeb 4, 2018
The Cloverfield Paradox is an unholy mess...As the film bumbles from one confusingly mounted scene to the next, disappointment turns to boredom. The eerie early scenes fade into standard space horror panic and given how crowded that particular subgenre is, The Cloverfield Paradox emerges as a pale imitation. Read full review
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