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'Cloverfield': Cheap Thrillsnew
Upholding an old truth about horror films: the lower the budget, the better the scare.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
01-28-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield': Hipsters Under Siegenew
A bunch of TV auteurs fashion a mumblecore monster movie.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
01-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield' Exploits National Tragedynew
The game in Cloverfield is to exploit media-memory of 9/11 and encourage moviegoers who were probably in grade school, and not quite senescent at the time, to pretend to relive that terror -- while feeling safely nostalgic.
New York Press |
Armond White |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
When Monsters Attack!new
Cloverfield is thrilling, but proceed with caution if prone to motion sickness.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Hollywood Product: 'Cloverfield'new
The bottom line: Cloverfield lives up to six months of online hype. Once the bad stuff starts going down, no one in the theater takes a breath for an hour. It even offers a fairly touching story of callow New Yorkers who find love and meaning in the teeth of disaster, amid all the holy-crap monster spectacle.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
01-23-2008 |
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Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield''s 9/11 Infelicitiesnew
Last weekend's $46-million top-grosser essentially says that its characters and, by extension, its paying audience, deserves to be killed: New Yorkers, Americans, Abrams' target demographic. I never thought I would see a movie made in the United States that was so gung-ho about 9/11.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
01-23-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield' is Just a Monster Movie, Right?new
There's no way Cloverfield could possibly be worth the to-do. Could it?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Ground Zeronew
Cloverfield turns attacking New York into mass-market Hollywood entertainment.
Baltimore City Paper |
Evan Guilfoyle |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
'Cloverfield' is a Horrornew
It's taken just over six years for the idea of an escapist disaster movie set on the streets of New York City to go from pop-culture anathema to a hotly anticipated commercial commodity.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Monster Mash-Upnew
AAAAAGGHH! A monster! Quick! YouTube it!
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Monster Movie Magicnew
Investigating the J.J. Abrams ploy behind Cloverfield.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
