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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 07 Jun 2011

Creepy implications keep Super 8 engaging, but the cast makes it click…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 Jun 2011

Had the big boy himself, Steven Spielberg, made his directorial debut with this slam-bang sci-fi thriller set in suburban 1979 (and not merely…

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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 Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 07 Jun 2011

The best thing about Super 8, by far, are the kids, all perfectly cast…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 07 Jun 2011

J.J…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 06 Jun 2011

More than just a simple imitation…

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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 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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