Too bad about the ending.

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2020)

An unstable John Goodman or hostile aliens? Let me think about it... again. Locked in a underground bunker with an unstable John Goodman or on the surface trying to keep one step ahead of hostile aliens? Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place. After much consideration you might take the chance with the latter threat, after you realise just how intense a game of charades can be.
"10 CLOVERFIELD LANE" is a confined and agonising character driven thriller that cleverly feeds off the uncertainty of the situation and the interplay of its characters. Working in its favour is how they filmed it, like you're actually riding it out in the bunker alongside those inside. Feeling every sense of emotions streaming from the trio. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr really do hold you there with very good performances. Both their characters are adapt and affably brought across. But you just can't go passed the powerhouse acting of John Goodman. It's a tailored performance of pure manipulation and embodying unease. As for the last 10 minutes, it was serviceable but disappointing compared to the impressive build-up that had gone before it.