Review of Cloverfield (2008) by Ariel V — 03 Feb 2013

I love the faux documentary style when used well. Not just as an excuse to use handheld cinematography.

This review of Cloverfield (2008) was written by Ariel V on 03 Feb 2013.

Cloverfield has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Cloverfield

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Xiaozhou Y (1) on 11 Apr 2018

Don't know if I hate this movie because it's bad or because the main characters are so stupid, reckless, and selfish that I want to punch them…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Kdog152 (56) on 01 Apr 2023

This film is fine, mediocre at worst and it's just a Godzilla rip off…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Diane V (76) on 11 Apr 2018

Don't know if I hate this movie because it's bad or because the main characters are so stupid, reckless, and selfish that I want to punch them…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Sander Brækken S (14) on 03 Apr 2018

Cloverfield; The Movie of The Marketing Campaign of The Trailer which was in all likelihood based on The T-Shirt. Well that's how it feels…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Caleb B (233) on 14 Feb 2018

Out of all the found footage movies I have seen, this is probably the best one…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Wes D (15) on 07 Feb 2018

Well, there's an hour and twelve minutes I'll never get back. Terrible acting by TJ miller of equally terrible scripting…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Clint P (26) on 24 Nov 2018

Sebbene io non riesca a sopportare questo genere cinematografico che non rispetta nessun canone cinematografico, devo ammettere che almeno…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Ross P (247) on 21 Jul 2018

Cloverfield is a good film. Like The Blair Witch Project it puts you in the midst of the action with a camcorder…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Sam N (736) on 17 Feb 2018

Not a bad giant monster movie. Im not a huge fan of the Blair witch style hand held camera in films. However they done a decent job with this one…

Read Review

Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Victoria W (319) on 11 Feb 2018

Love this movie. Great pace, nice suspense…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The ChubbChubbs! (2002)

By Private U (13,627) on 11 May 2009

Its a fun short animation but I'm surprised it won an Oscar and even more surprised no one was sued by George Lucas…

Read Review

Review of At the Earth's Core (1976)

By Randy T (648) on 20 Aug 2010

All the appeal of a Saturday morning kid's show. God bless Peter Cushing for being the one bright spot in this otherwise forgettable film…

Read Review

Review of Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

By Wahida K (516) on 16 Dec 2009

Reading the Plot I already figured out what this movie was about, but as curious I am I wanted to know how would it end…

Read Review

Review of Buried (2010)

By Grammygrim0 (1) on 08 Jun 2011

This movie is terrible. It was a 2 hour waste of time. He is stuck in a box the whole time, then he dies. Terrible…

Read Review

Review of Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

By Ascendingxabovexmyxashes W (12) on 29 Sep 2007

The trailer was the whole film in five mins…

Read Review

Review of Punishment Park (1971)

By Martin T (888) on 15 Dec 2009

The acting and dialogue is terrible. The players are all non-actors, largely improvising their material, and it shows…

Read Review

Review of Showdown at Area 51 (2007)

By Peder S (63) on 20 Mar 2009

After all these years, just another leading role for Jason London, however, in such lame TV-film crap…

Read Review

Review of The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

By Hans M (68) on 24 Nov 2008

Apart from a great cast , this Giallo Thriller does not deliver , it drags on , and not much suspence…

Read Review

Review of Isolation (2005)

By Timothy N (418) on 30 Apr 2017

While this had the potential to be early Cronenberg creepy, unfortunately it fails in areas where Cronenberg would have excelled…

Read Review

Review of On the Silver Globe (1989)

By Artur B (8) on 30 Jul 2016

This is one of those times when you're thinking to yourself: has the whole world gone mad to like this movie? What am I missing…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Cloverfield

2008

66%1,107 Reviews

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

65%203 Reviews

Analyze That

2002

49%444 Reviews

Bad Boys II

2003

57%804 Reviews

Crime Wave

1953

71%29 Reviews

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015

68%253 Reviews

Esther

1999

70%18 Reviews

Gerry

2002

57%384 Reviews

Babel

2006

71%997 Reviews

The Guest

2014

72%889 Reviews