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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 07 Jun 2011

Never forgets that special effects and sheer spectacle mean nothing if there aren't relatable characters and an emotional thematic throughline…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 07 Jun 2011

However much of this you've seen before, Abrams succeeds in making it all mean something again…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 07 Jun 2011

Spectacularly bottles the Spielbergian magic-actually, that feels like an understatement; the movie is a full-pound Spielberger…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for AskMen.com (164) on 07 Jun 2011

Super 8 is a welcome dose of nostalgia, since we're reminded that CGI-heavy disaster flicks can still maintain essential ingredients like character…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 07 Jun 2011

Super 8 is a movie of many marvelous surprises. It mixes period authenticity... with postmodern techniques to thrill, enthrall, and engage…

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By Clint O'connor (453) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 07 Jun 2011

Super 8 is great. Wildly fun. J.J. Abrams is such a pro…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for MSN Movies (470) on 07 Jun 2011

The reasons you'll remember the movie will be all about quieter, moving intimacy created by its characters…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 07 Jun 2011

It's not a perfect film - the ending couldn't possibly live up to the build-up, for instance - but it is just a tremendous amount of fun…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 07 Jun 2011

Halfway through Super 8 I stopped thinking about the films that inspired Abrams to make it and started envisioning the works that would be…

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By Anders Wotzke (182) for Moviedex (362) on 07 Jun 2011

While the line between inspiration and imitation blurs, what remains crystal clear is that Super 8 has been made with nothing but the purest…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 07 Jun 2011

To watch Super 8 is to witness the birth of our current geek culture…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Horror.com (214) on 06 Jun 2011

There is, of course, a Big Showdown at the end which is appropriately satisfying, but Super 8 really is more about the nostalgic journey than…

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By Jenna Busch (73) for Screen Junkies (147) on 06 Jun 2011

like E.T., this is an adventure story that revolves around a group of ordinary kids doing something extraordinary, often despite the adults…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 06 Jun 2011

A great leap forward for someone who already has proven himself as a formidable TV auteur..what a great summer movie should be - indeed, what…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Screen Junkies (147) on 05 Jun 2011

This is more of the *batteries not included Amblin than The Goonies Amblin. It turns out to be a patronizing exercise in fabricated childhood emotion…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 05 Jun 2011

Sadly, the helmer seems too smitten working with Steven Spielberg to recognize that his idol-turned-champion created the very paradigm that…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 04 Jun 2011

While other filmmakers have been inspired by Spielberg to push the envelope, J.J…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 03 Jun 2011

[VIDEO] Super 8 is made by young-minded adults who haven't lost their sense of inspiration for the magic of making movies from a child's perspective…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 03 Jun 2011

Abrams channels conventions and cliches of 1950s genre movies by way of paying tribute to Spielberg's classics, resulting in a nostalgic, sharply…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 02 Jun 2011

It's in the moments Abrams attempts to combine emotional payoffs with popcorn-style thrills that the film rings most false…

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