Giant Monster, explosions and a hand held camera = Entertaining stuff!

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2008)

After the first 5 minutes of motion sickness and flashbacks of the Blair Witch Project I was engrossed with the film. The story follows a small group of people and this change of style is something that has been lacking in movies for a long time. We never see the Army, the President or some reporter. Just a clueless group of young people who have no idea what is happening.
Apart from the jittery camera Cloverfield is fantastically filmed with stunning explosions, lots of screaming and dust flying everywhere. The typical American "is it Terrorists?" line got a laugh in the cinema and the subway and helicopter scenes were fantastic.
I was a little disappointed with the short running time and the ending is very typical from the creator of Lost. Left me wanting more.