2011 · sci-fi · drama · adventure
Super 8 (2011)
Directed by J.J. Abrams1h 52m2011
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
Our read: Super 8 (2011) (2011) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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How Super 8 feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a fun 70s kids sci-fi adventure with a train crash and alien mystery.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if monster peril, scares or young teen sci-fi violence will unsettle you.
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