The title is not the only super thing in the movie

Rating: 9/10 (13 August 2011)

Super 8 is a very funny, spectacular and modern-made mix of a science fiction monster-destroying-a-small-town-movie and a family/kids/teen comedy. The main characters are young teens so the film is made for them, but at the same it is a very intense sci-fi mystery thriller.
The film begins with a funeral of the main character's mother, which clearly marks him as a tragical parent loss. Four months later, he and his friends are working on an amateur movie with the Super 8 camera. Accidentally, they film a monumental car crash. Soon, the military air force arrives and mysterious events start to happen.
The first two thirds of the movie, it is actually just building up suspense and playing with the viewer's expectations. Some scenes are very intense, but in a good way, just making you more and more interested about seeing the monster itself. Aside from the whole monster story, the movie follows the main character's typical and untypical young teen problems.
The storyline is interesting and entertaining, the monster scenes intense and a bit frightening, there is lots of amazing suspense, but still on the level, that is okay for older children. The young actors are incredible and the humor is amazing. Super 8 is a great movie, in short.