Super 8

2011

111 mins

Directed by J.J. Abrams
81%
75%
15+
Science Fiction

JJ Abrams (Star Trek, TV's Lost) directs a typically mysterious sci-fi flick, produced by Steven Spielberg, recalling the vibe of... More

JJ Abrams (Star Trek, TV's Lost) directs a typically mysterious sci-fi flick, produced by Steven Spielberg, recalling the vibe of The Goonies or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

In the summer of 1979, a group of kids 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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Super 8 | Ratings & Reviews

81_%294 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
75_%135,759 reviews
Audience score rating
15+Age suitability
Children & Media rating

"A relatively standard monster movie."

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Variety

"A relatively standard monster movie."

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Variety

"Super 8 is a great piece of winter entertainment with some beautifully played intimate human moments"

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TVNZ

"A monster mash-up of '50s sci-fi, late-'70s / early '80s event movie and autobiography, Super 8 doesn’t possess the top-to-bottom greatness of the films it’s modelled on but, in shooting for the stars, leaves 90% of modern blockbusters in the gutter. Mint."

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Total Film

"Like his (Abrams) previous features, "Mission: Impossible III" and "Star Trek," Super 8 is an enticing package without much inside."

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The New York Times

"A wonderful film, nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking, when shell-shocked young audiences were told a story and not pounded over the head with aggressive action."

"Super stuff..."

"Super 8 may be yet another mainstream monster movie from a couple of big Hollywood brands, but it's a wonderful one."

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New Zealand Herald

"Like an old airplane (or spacecraft) jerry-rigged from scrap pieces and made air-worthy again, Super 8 has been patched together with 30-year-old spare parts to provide an enjoyable ride of its own."

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