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Super 8

PG-13
Movie
2011
1h 52m
English
Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
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7.1
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Super 8 (2011) on IMDb
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77

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Elle Fanning
Alice Dainard
Riley Griffiths
Charles Kaznyk
Kyle Chandler
Jackson Lamb
AJ Michalka
Jen Kaznyk
Ryan Lee
Cary McCarthy
Ron Eldard
Louis Dainard
Gabriel Basso
Martin Read
Zach Mills
Preston
Jessica Tuck
Mrs. Kaznyk
Britt Flatmo
Peg Kaznyk
Glynn Turman
Dr. Woodward
Tom Quinn
Mr. McCandless
Caitrona Balfe
Elizabeth Lamb
Amanda Foreman
Lydia Connors - Ch 14 News Anchor
Brett Rice
Sheriff Pruitt
Bingo OMalley
Mr. Harkin
Andrew Miller
Kaznyk Twin
Directed By: J.J. Abrams
Written By: J.J. Abrams

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alopix says...
8 years ago
The parallels to Netflix's Stranger Things are amazing. Netflix really chose a good enough movie as the show's influence. It's somehow unrealistic in a lot of ways but it's still a fine movie for a rainy evening.
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BenFranklin says...
13 years ago
To me the best movie of 2011 - it's __ __ ___________ _ _ _____ /\ | \/ | /\ |___ /_ _| \ | |/ ____| / \ | \ / | / \ / / | | | \| | | __ / /\ \ | |\/| | / /\ \ / / | | | . ` | | |_ | / ____ \| | | |/ ____ \ / /__ _| |_| |\ | |__| | /_/ \_\_| |_/_/ \_\/_____|_____|_| \_|\_____|
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MicaRM says...
14 years ago
It was like watch E.T and The Goonies at the same time, but with the knowledge we have nowadays. I really enjoyed it and Michael Giachinno was wonderful as always. J.J Abrams abusing of lens flare, as expected, but it wasn't a bad thing most of the time.
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Jim222001 says...
6 years ago
Super 8 pretty much was going for what Stranger Things succeeded at better. There’s a touching story here but Stranger Things is a better love letter to Spielberg. The movie is Romeo and Juliet except with an escaped alien. Joe likes Alice but their parents don’t want them hanging out. Since Alice’s dad got drunk and killed Joe’s mom in a car crash. A little too much of the movie is about that and moving on. That it outshadows the Sci-Fi aspect. As well as the love letter to Spielberg aspect. Seeing the movie again. I do have more respect for it though. I also realize that as a series, Stranger Things has way more time to work with. Super 8 is a sweet movie that is good at pushing out happy tears but that’s mostly it.
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John Chard
5 years ago
And I just knew then that I was there, that I existed.

Super 8 is written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard and Riley Griffiths. Music is scored by Michael Giacchino and cinematography by Larry Fong. The film tells the story of a group o More
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Andres Gomez
6 years ago
Unsuccessful children movie trying to follow the tradition of The Goonies or E.T. from overrated J.J. Abrams.

Tons of money are wasted on FX trying to hide a weak story and a set of terrible dialogues supposedly coming from children that are totally overacted and annoyingly always shouting.

Yo More
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narrator56
5 years ago
Sometimes I feel like my interests and taste really follow the road less traveled. This is to say that Super 8 surprised me by becoming one of my Favorite.Movies.Ever. There I said it.

It seems to merge genres slightly: science fiction, of course, a bit of coming of age, a slice of movie-within-a More
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Gimly
6 years ago
I kind of liked the making-a-movie-within-the-movie aspect of _Super 8_ a lot more than the chief plot with the monster and the train and the badman government and the blah blah blah. Which isn't ideal, but saying that obviously means I liked something about it.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot More
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