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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 Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 06 Jun 2011

All you're left with is ... story. And strong performances. And well-developed characters. And a believable emotional arc. And genuine thrills…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 06 Jun 2011

A big-bang demolition derby, J.J. Abrams's much-anticipated, greatly enjoyable Super 8 seems bound for box-office glory…

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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 David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 06 Jun 2011

Super 8 is a live-action episode of Robot Chicken, as delivered by a Steven Spielberg tribute band…

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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 David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 05 Jun 2011

It would be easy to dismiss as 100 percent ersatz if it didn't rekindle at least some of the old excitement - and if the magic of Spielberg's…

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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 Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 04 Jun 2011

Like an old airplane (or spacecraft) jerry-rigged from scrap pieces and made air-worthy again, Super 8 has been patched together with 30-year-old…

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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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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 01 Jun 2011

The year's most thrilling, FEELING mainstream movie…

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By Jim Vejvoda (203) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 31 May 2011

When Super 8 works, though, it really works, earnestly and without manipulation…

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By Ariel Katz (6) for The Vine (179) on 31 May 2011

Super 8 is still fun, and often funny too. It's also entertaining, and sometimes even a little startling…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 31 May 2011

While it has good performances and looks pretty, SUPER 8 is a movie that, in the end, does not fully work on any level except for cheap nostalgia…

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By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 31 May 2011

In some way Super 8 is the ultimate found footage piece and for once we are not yelling back at the screen to put down the camera…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for UGO (350) on 31 May 2011

Super 8 is a noble effort that gets a lot right, and a lot wrong…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 31 May 2011

Super 8 thrives on nostalgia and Abrams' admiration for all things Spielberg, but the results are as aggravating as they are satisfying…

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