Worst movie since "Event Horizon"

Rating: 3/10 (21 January 2008)

Give a monkey a camera, a box of fireworks and a party room full of human friends and you can basically recreate the good parts of this movie for free. Honestly, apart from the 80 odd minutes of my life poorly invested in watching this sub-standard creation, I am also disappointed in the hard-earned $AU14.50 squandered on attending.
You often hear billion dollar movie barons whining about the so-called DVD pirates who are "robbing" them of their "hard-earned" millions. But I ask, what about the tyrant producers who are creating absolute rubbish and thieving millions from Mr and Mrs Average Joe Citizen? Sure, you and I can read reviews, but every review I saw raved about this pile of smoldering manure. The only solution I can see here is to try before you buy, and if I had tried, I certainly would not have been suckered into buying this one.
All this being said, the acting wasn't bad, there were okay special effects and the idea behind the movie was cool. Just a poverty stricken storyline and an intentional shaky camera made this one a failure. You want my advice - go out with your lady for an ice cream or a coffee and gaze at the stars for 80 minutes - you'll find it far more entertaining than putting up with Cloverfield.