
SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.... (Full plot summary below)
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SPOILER: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
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| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJ.J. Abrams, with Steven Spielberg producing, has made one of those jaw-dropping out-of-body summer entertainments that kids old enough to swear and see PG-13 films will remember on into adulthood. |
| SFX MagazineRichard EdwardsFor big kids, a chance to relive the classic films that forged their love of sci-fi. For the kids of today, it's a film they'll want to show their kids another 30 years down the line. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Christopher TookeySuper 8 is not just the most entertaining family film of the summer, it's up there with the classics of its various genres. |
| New YorkerDavid DenbySpielberg and Abrams are the unwitting targets of their own irony. |
| Fan The FireSam BatheSuper 8 is a complex movie about family issues, young love and friendship, that just happens to have a strange monster running around in the background. |
| TheLoop21.comKam WilliamsJ.J.'s Close Encounter with E.T., Gremlins, Jaws and Jurassic Goonies! |
| Richmond Times-DispatchMike WardE.T. texted a homey, Spielberg paid the earth-bound ticket, and now we have Super 8. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomWhat 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 thriller. |
| The StandardMatt NealMaybe 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 seen for a long time. |
| Nolan's Pop Culture ReviewMichael A. SmithI must confess that my anticipation for this film was up there on the same level I felt standing in line to see "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" or "The Empire Strikes Back." And I have to say that my anticipation was met in spades. |