Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) by Spangle — 20 Mar 2016
10 Cloverfield Lane is a very well-crafted and intense film, elevated by a fantastic performance from John Goodman. A mix of thriller, sci-fi, horror, and drama, 10 Cloverfield Lane also works in some moments of comedy to lighten an incredibly bleak mood.
Director Dan Trachtenberg does a great job here creating tension and letting it build to a very good pay-off. As mentioned, Goodman is phenomenal with an intense and entirely gripping performance that plays very well into the air of mystery the film possesses.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is great here and John Gallagher Jr was also quite good. The film is a very compelling and thought-provoking one, lending itself greatly to further study as to character motivations and what all is really going on throughout the film.
Some have criticized the ending, but I really am a fan. I thought it was a thrilling end to a thrilling film. Overall, 10 Cloverfield Lane is a very good film that has some filler and is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it still a good thriller that really gets the gears in the brain turning.
This review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) was written by Spangle on 20 Mar 2016.
10 Cloverfield Lane has generally received positive reviews.
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