Review of Cloverfield (2008) by Zachary Y — 19 Jan 2016

Exciting, suspenseful, a great cast, and most importantly completely original. Found footage has never been done so well.

This review of Cloverfield (2008) was written by Zachary Y on 19 Jan 2016.

Cloverfield has generally received positive reviews.

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