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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 09 Jun 2011

An awkward, overstuffed adventure that wears its influences on its sleeve but doesn't deliver on their promises…

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By Ian Buckwalter (369) for DCist (403) on 09 Jun 2011

While there's nothing wrong with looking back on 30-year-old Spielberg flicks, or 60-year-old sci-fi B-movies with rosy adoration, doing so…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 09 Jun 2011

Abrams deserves a lot of credit for keeping this movie's heart in the right place even as the plot gets increasingly implausible…

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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 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 Felix Vasquez Jr. (1,949) for Cinema Crazed (1,907) on 09 Jun 2011

Will serve as brilliant family viewing, or viewing for science fiction geeks…

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By Christopher Orr (399) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 09 Jun 2011

A love letter to a cinematic era, before 'blockbuster' became a synonym for 'franchise' or 'tent pole…

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By Noneofyourbees (2) on 09 Jun 2011

Saw this on Thursday, one day before the official opening, which was announced on Twitter (I found out via IGN.com…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 09 Jun 2011

Let's be honest: the b.s…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 09 Jun 2011

Cleverer individuals than myself will no doubt snicker behind chewed fingernails at my moon-eyed walk down memory lane, but I think my cynical…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 09 Jun 2011

There's much to like in this story of a group of young movie-makers who stumble upon an event right out of, well, the movies…

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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 James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 09 Jun 2011

Super 8 is in many ways a perfect summer movie: smart, exciting, heartfelt, and suffused with nostalgia…

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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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