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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 09 Jun 2011

Teens save town in action-heavy sci-fi film with retro feel…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 09 Jun 2011

The final scene, which you truly have to see for yourself to roll your eyes at, solidifies that 'Super 8' is just super foolish…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 09 Jun 2011

Despite its old Spielberg magic, it's J.J. Abrams' deftly applied human touches that put Super 8 over the top…

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By Mike Ward (328) for Richmond Times-Dispatch (308) on 09 Jun 2011

E.T. texted a homey, Spielberg paid the earth-bound ticket, and now we have Super 8…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Movie Habit (892) on 09 Jun 2011

Director J.J. Abrams channels his inner Spielberg -- and it mostly works…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 09 Jun 2011

What makes Super 8 so good is that it is told from the viewpoint of the kids, whose emotional honesty bring a sense of reality to this fantasy…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 09 Jun 2011

It's what a summer movie should be, and too often isn't…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 09 Jun 2011

Super 8 hits on many of the touchstones that one has come to associate with the youth-oriented blockbusters of the 1980s…

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By Tom Shone (158) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 09 Jun 2011

Abrams is a loving synthesist of Spielberg's themes and techniques, a worthy inheritor of his beagle-like narrative instincts…

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By Steven D. Greydanus (674) for Decent Films Guide (519) on 09 Jun 2011

Works so well for an hour or so that it's disappointing to watch it unravel in the third act and then fall apart completely at the climax…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 09 Jun 2011

Probably the best movie about kids since STAND BY ME…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 09 Jun 2011

Writer/director J.J. Anrams' nifty, nostalgic homage to the innocence and wonder epitomized by his mentor/producer Steven Spielberg…

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By Matt Soergel (215) for Florida Times-Union (216) on 09 Jun 2011

Super 8 is a tremendously entertaining summer movie that could pass as a lost Steven Spielberg work from, say, 1979, which, not coincidentally,…

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By Adam Lippe (129) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 09 Jun 2011

The kids have no effect on the story, not the military's interference in the accident clean up, not the finale, etc…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 09 Jun 2011

It looks great and moves well; it's exciting and funny in all the right places…

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By Christian Toto (897) for What Would Toto Watch? (283) on 09 Jun 2011

J.J. Abrams' Super 8 can't live up to its advanced billing, but it's still a crisp combination of 'Goonies,' 'Stand By Me' and…

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By Alison Gang (138) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 09 Jun 2011

More than anything, Super 8 is a straightforward love letter to those carefree days when anything felt possible as long as you had your friends,…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 09 Jun 2011

Maybe I'll be proven wrong about the five stars, but if nothing else, Super 8 is the kind of film I loved to watch as a young teen and haven't…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 08 Jun 2011

Abrams has assembled a terrific cast, particularly the six focal kids with Elle Fanning (Somewhere) giving an honest-to-God Oscar calibre performance…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 08 Jun 2011

At a certain point, though, a part of me couldn't help but become a little annoyed at Abrams' insistence to emulate Spielberg so perfectly…

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