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Cloverfield 3 of 5 Stars
Released: January 2008
Runtime: 85 minutes
Rated: PG-13 (violence, terror & disturbing images)

The comparisons between Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project have been rampant, because of the viral marketing campaign, both were "found” tapes chronicling some extraordinary events and were shot using hand-held cameras in the first-person.

But that is where the similarities end as Cloverfield is the superior film, due in no part to the vision of J.J. Abrams (the man that gave us television's Lost) and surprisingly, Director Matt Reeves who prior to this film spent his career directing, writing and producing television episodes of Felicity.

Starting out as a farewell tape for Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David), about to leave for work in Japan (in a clever nod to the origins of the grand-daddy of all giant monsters, Godzilla), the tape quickly becomes something completely different as a creature begins to wreak havoc on Manhattan. 

Once the monster strikes, the movie really begins and we follow Rob, his brother Jason (Mike Vogel), Jason's girlfriend Lily (Jessica Lucas), Lily's friend Marlena (Lizzy Caplan) and videographer Hud (T.J. Miller), as they move through Manhattan Island in a desperate attempt to rescue Rob’s girlfriend Beth (Odette Yustman) trapped on the 39th floor of her apartment building. 

Unfortunately, given the very short running length of the movie, a whopping 85 minutes, it takes way too long for the mayhem to start and since we really don’t get an opportunity to care very much for the characters the set-up is simply lost (no pun intended) and as an audience member you feel cheated out of precious minutes with the monster and devastation.

The comparisons to 9/11 are hard not to make especially with the destruction of skyscrapers by the monster and in one particularly reminiscent scene, clouds of dust and ash rush down through the street to the characters.  The decapitation of the Statue of Liberty and the destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge provide the iconic imagery much like the real-world destruction of the World Trade Center.


Michael Stahl-David, left, and Odette Yustman in Cloverfield

The theatre in which we saw the movie had numerous warnings posted on everything from the ticket booth to the theatre doors about the nature of the filming of Cloverfield.  As we entered the theatre we were more than bit apprehensive given these prolific warnings.  However, given the shortness of the film, the filming style never really becomes a problem although the few moments when the camera is actually stationery is a nice respite from the shakiness.  Nausea-inducing it is definitely not and one wonders if these warnings are being repeated across North American theatres and driving movie-goers away from a very fun movie experience.

Given the dreadful Godzilla remake in 1998 it is great to see the movie-monster genre return in all its true glory but then again, after the release of Gwoemul /The Host in 2006 you knew it was only a matter of time before Hollywood had to step-up to the plate with its own giant movie monster.  Fortunately for us, Cloverfield serves up a tasty bit of movie mayhem that the South Korean’s could never match ... or at least until Gwoemul II/The Host II is released.

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