Cloverfield (DVD) Reviews

Plot: One night, the City of New York starts to be damaged by an unforseen antagonist. The film focusses on a group of friends attempts to escape the city before they are killed either by the creature itself, or the militaries attempts to stop it.... This is a monster movie with a bit of a twist when compared to similar films such ...  Read the complete review

I remember seeing the teaser trailers for this film several months, maybe even up to a year before its release. The teaser looked like a home video of a party, when something causes loud bangs and panic erupts, then we eventually see the Statue of Liberty's head rolling down a New York City street. It was frustrating that the trailer did not give ...  Read the complete review

Following an excellent viral campaign to promote Cloverfield, this is the result: A 2008 action thriller directed by Matt Reeves and produced by Lost creator J. J. Abrams. "Lost" footage is found, which begins by showing the leaving party for New Yorker Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) who is about to start a job in Japan. ...  Read the complete review

Cloverfield is a film seen from the perspective of a handy cam. The first footage we see is taken by Rob Hawkins one happy morning in New York with his girlfriend Beth and the film follows their day together but this is interrupted as the tape is being filmed over. It's some time later and Rob's brother Jason and best friend, Hud, along with ...  Read the complete review

Clover Fields is a unique style of film, publicised by viral marketing the film gained a reputation for itself before it was released in the cinema. I had heard mixed reviews but decided to give the dvd a go and it was a good watch. The interesting element is that it is filmed in the style of a home movie which starts out recording ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on The Student Room and Flixster Cloverfield is really one of the greatest examples of viral marketing at its best - the film originally appeared in July 2007 with Transformers, with a short trailer showing an unseen creature destroying New York City. All we were given was the release date, and the Internet ...  Read the complete review

This film is a videtaped encounter of a disaterous day in new york. Cloverfield is a J.J Abrahams produced film inspired by the style of The Blair witch project. Film from the point of view of a video camera we follow a dangerous journey of survival after a disaster puts the whole of new york in peril. The story follows Rob ...  Read the complete review

Cloverfield unleashed itself on the world in 2007 by utilising viral marketing online and in theatres. The pre-release hype had been no guarantee of success, as shown by other viral-marketed films like Snakes on a Plane, but judging by almost two hundred million dollars in gross revenue, on a meagre twenty-five million budget, it was a raving ...  Read the complete review

On the eve of Rob Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) leaving to Japan, his brother Jason (Mike Vogel) & Jason's Fiancee Lily (Jessica Lucas) throw him a suprise going away party, Rob is leaving New York to take a Vice President role in a company relocating to Tokyo. The whole event is recorded by Rob's best friend Hud (T.J Miller) on a ...  Read the complete review

"Cloverfield" is strange. Visionary producer J.J Abrams and director Matt Reeves left many confused after an unusual science fiction/thriller feature was brought about our screens in 2008, concerning alien-monster invasion, in, of course...New York city. Where else is the very idea of freedom overtaken with something with ...  Read the complete review

I really did want to see this film when it first came out as the trailers made it look really good but as the reviews started I was completely put off it. Luckily it was on Sky a few weeks back as hubby wanted to see it so he Sky + it and last night we finally got around to watching it. Therefore this is a FILM ONLY review. The story is ...  Read the complete review

I was promised good things from this film by all my friends, raving about it as I could not go to see this film with them because I had other commitments that evening. Needless to say I am happy, so happy that I waited for the DVD because I would have been disgusted in myself for wasting £7 on a cinema ticket and another £8 for popcorn and an ice ...  Read the complete review

The Plot ***************** The film starts out with some friends throwing a surprise party for Rob, played by Michael Stahl-David, who is leaving New York to go to Japan. At the party Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) gives a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), and tells him to tape everything. Beth played by Odette Yustman) is robs ex ...  Read the complete review

A bunch of young New Yorkers arrange a surprise party for a friend, & we follow the party & its build-up through the video camera they intend to use to record guests' messages to him. Actually what we get is an inside view into the tangled relationships of the main characters, & just as we get so involved that we forget ...  Read the complete review

This is almost a trip to the days when I was but a lad. I used to get very excited when a certain Japanese programme came on called Godzilla and seeing this gargantuan beast crush tiny matchstick houses under his foot was an unforgettable exeperience. Being so young I had enough imagination to forgive the man dressed in the lizard suit but it ...  Read the complete review

I was looking forward to seeing Cloverfield in the cinema, but for one reason or another we didn't get to go and so I watched the film at home the other week. This is a decision that I'm regretting as I thought the film was excellent and would have been even better on the big screen. The film revolves around a group of 20-somethings ...  Read the complete review

Well, what can I say, one of the most overated films ever. The idea of a monster attacking Manhatten seen through the eyes of a small band of people recording the events with there camcorder sounds promising, but it really ain't. Movies don't often get filmed with camcorder style directing and for that reason you can see why. The ...  Read the complete review

There is a monster outbreak in Manhattan. The government is too unprepared to do anything, people are panicking. And the audience is introduced to a young group of people who have more issues than ever in their personal lives, trying to survive this attack. There are several amazing shots that make this more realistic than expected. The hand-held ...  Read the complete review

Cloverfield is a film based on a monster attacking new york, however this film bares and amazing clever difference to other films with similar plots. The way this is done is in the way the movie is filmed. This movie begins with a message saying this video was retrieved from Cloverfield, and is evidence. The tape the "rolls", and it ...  Read the complete review

Cloverfield is a really unique idea for film making by the team behind Lost. The unique aspect is that the story is told from the view of the lead actor who is running round filming all of the carnage with his camcorder. This is a great idea and it works probably better than it should because of the story being about a huge monster tearing apart ...  Read the complete review