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Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas (ii), T.j. Miller, Michael Stahl-david, Mike Vogel
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  347 reviews
Sales Rank: 43
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 84
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 352064
UPC: 097363520641
EAN: 0097363520641
ASIN: B0014Z4OQG
Theatrical Release Date: January 16, 2008
Release Date: April 22, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Condition: brand new factory sealed.
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Product Description
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal horrifying event of their lives.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 097363520641 Manufacturer No: 352064
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One of the first things a viewer notices about Cloverfield is that it doesn't play by ordinary storytelling rules, making this intriguing horror film as much a novelty as an event. Told from the vertiginous point-of-view of a camcorder-wielding group of friends, Cloverfield begins like a primetime television soap opera about young Manhattanites coping with changes in their personal lives. Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is leaving New York to take an executive job at a company in Japan. At his goodbye party in a crowded loft, Rob's brother Jason (Mike Vogel) hands a camcorder to best friend Hud (T.J. Miller), who proceeds to tape the proceedings over old footage of Rob's ex-girlfriend, Beth (Odette Yustman)--images shot during happy times in that now-defunct relationship. Naturally, Beth shows up at the party with a new beau, bumming Rob out completely. Just before one's eyes glaze over from all this heartbreaking stuff (captured by Hud, who's something of a doofus, in laughably shaky camerawork), the unexpected happens: New York is suddenly under attack from a Godzilla-like monster stomping through midtown and destroying everything and everybody in sight. Rob and company hit the streets, but rather than run with other evacuees, they head toward the center of the storm so that Rob can rescue an injured Beth. There are casualties along the way, but the journey into fear is fascinating and immediate if emotionally remote--a consequence of seeing these proceedings through the singular, subjective perspective of a camcorder and of a story that intentionally leaves major questions unanswered: Who or what is this monster? Where did it come from? The lack of a backstory, and spare views of the marauding creature, are clever ways by producer J.J. Abrams and director Matt Reeves to keep an audience focused exclusively on what's on the screen. But it also makes Cloverfield curiously uninvolving. Ultimately, Cloverfield, with its spectacular effects brilliantly woven into a home-video look, is a celebration of infinite possibilities in this age of accessible, digital media. --Tom Keogh
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 Home movie sold as Hollywood title... May 15, 2008
I'm just glad I didn't pay to see this movie at the theatre. The constantly shaking camera work would have given me motion sickness. The movie would have been semi-OK if they had mixed in some professional production work along with the sickening POV stuff. SPOILER ALERT: At the end of the movie we are no closer to finding out what the monster was or where it came from - very disappointing.
Avoid this movie..... May 14, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was hoping this movie would have been good, but it just didn't work for me. It was: boring, nauseating, with an uninteresting storyline. I didn't watch it all, but what I did catch was mostly feet, armpits, and the sidewalk. Sorry.
STINKERFIELD or I WANT MY MONEY BACK !!!!! May 14, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
i wasnt shure to get this movie . i looked once / twice and i bought it . WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!! i had more fun in my 50 y of life getting trashed on the sofa watching car wax commercials at 2 am . YOU GOT TO BE OUT OF YOUR MIND TO ENJOY ANY MINUTE OF THIS RUBBISH . from all the playing time you have to see the monster for 10 minutes max - the rest is filmed on / or it looks like - a cellphone with a camera . WELL MAYBE IN OUR NEW GENERATION , IF THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL "" FILMING "" THEN IT WILL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THE NEW YOUNG GENERATION . WOAH DOESNT EVEN CUT IT ANYMORE . SOMEONE GOT RICH AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK . the good side of the story , i sold it to a young guy at work for $5 less AND 2 DAYS LATER HE GAVE IT AWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if i had a chance to rate this movie from 1 - 10 - IT WILL BE 100% A -50 . OH GOD - SO BAD - SO SAD . buy yourself a beer and you will thank me for it .
 WHOA...... May 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have NO idea how they managed the special effects while filming with a hand held,but there wasn't a moment that anything looked other than REAL.The perspective in which you are taken for the ride is more effective than any other genre could hope to capture.It is THE BEST monster,screaming,running,dying movie EVER.Period.
Cloverfield May 14, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Cloverfield wasn't at all what I thought it would be I guess I am not into documentaries cause I didn't care for Blair Witch project either and this is what Cloverfield reminded me of
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