Super 8: The IMAX Experience
The summer-movie season is dealt a disappointing blow by this well-intentioned clunker from writer-director J.J. Abrams (who put together the extremely entertaining Star Trek reboot). The movie follows a bunch of kids in the ’70s who like to make Super 8 movies. The film tries to be a coming-of-age story, a teen romance, a father-son parable and a monster movie all at once. Abrams’ love for Steven Spielberg (who produced the movie) is screamingly obvious, as the film rips off Jaws, Close Encounters and especially E.T. The alien/monster element is strangely secondary, with the beastie getting very little screen time. Abrams strains to wrap the film up in a pretty little bow with an emotional payoff. It’s time for him to make another Star Trek film.
By Bob Grimm
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Super 8: The IMAX Experience is not showing in any theaters in the area.
Credits
Director:
- J.J. Abrams
Cast:
- Kyle Chandler
- Elle Fanning
- Joel Courtney
- Gabriel Basso
- Ron Eldard
- Noah Emmerich
- Riley Griffiths
- Ryan Lee
- Zach Mills
- AJ Michalka
- Glynn Turman
- Richard Jones
- Brett Rice
- Bruce Greenwood
- Dale Dickey
- Dan Castellaneta
- Jack Axelrod
- Michael Hitchcock
Producers:
- Steven Spielberg
- J.J. Abrams
- Bryan Burk
- Guy Riedel
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