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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Jun 2011

All too often the plot feels calculated rather than organic, the result of a time-tested formula rather than genuine innovation…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Jun 2011

It's as full of rich characters as it is smart popcorn-movie scares…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 08 Jun 2011

An entertaining and fun time at the movies like they used to make them. (Full Content Parental Review also available)…

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By Garth Franklin (268) for Dark Horizons (452) on 08 Jun 2011

Ultimately comes apart in its attempts to fuse an earnest and sweet coming-of-age tale with a far less effective sci-fi/horror creature feature…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 08 Jun 2011

It's an expertly constructed thrill ride with wonderful atmosphere and tremendous good humor; if its heart of gold is artificial, that won't…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 08 Jun 2011

Abrams and executive producer Steven Spielberg are reprising a few of their own greatest hits, and creating the kind of Saturday-matinee adventure…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Jun 2011

It's an enjoyable, well-acted, old-school geekfest pitting a group of middle-school students against an escaped monster from outer space…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 08 Jun 2011

Super 8 takes its place among the best B-grade science fiction movies of this generation by copying the best of the past 50 years…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 08 Jun 2011

There's a thin line, though, between honoring what came before you and replicating it, and Super 8 occasionally wobbles over that line into…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 Jun 2011

All the kids here are terrific, significantly better than the actual movie that surrounds them…

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By Caryn James (352) for James on screenS (89) on 08 Jun 2011

Like a too-faithful adaptation afraid to tweak the novel, this pleasant Spielberg-adoring nostalgia-fest is easier to admire than to love…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Jun 2011

This melding of two cinematic sensibilities, though effective at moments, is finally not as exciting or involving as it we'd like it to be…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 08 Jun 2011

Has moments of greatness, but the ending is a slight disappointment…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 08 Jun 2011

Abrams fashions Super 8 in such a calculating manner, with every element weighed both for maximum nostalgia value and ironic hipster cred,…

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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 Rebecca Murray (740) for About.com (1,470) on 07 Jun 2011

What Abrams has created here is a near-perfect summer movie…

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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 Kevin Mccarthy (392) for BDK Reviews (222) on 07 Jun 2011

A mind-blowing masterpiece. The films works perfectly on both an emotional and suspenseful level…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 07 Jun 2011

A combination of period science-fiction tale and coming-of-age story whose paths eventually collide in disconnected schmaltz…

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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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