Super 8 is a noble failure

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2011)

Super 8 director, J.J. Abrams has obviously been greatly influenced by the films of Steven Spielberg, who just happens to be a producer of this one. His attempt in the film to pair blockbuster action with heartfelt emotion is a noble one, but in the end, unsuccessful. The film takes place in 1979 Ohio, where young Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), reeling from his mother's death in a factory accident, is helping his best friend Charles (Riley Griffiths) make a super-8 zombie movie. Joe's stern police officer dad (Kyle Chandler) finds it hard to understand and empathize with him and seems to put his work before his own son. Read my full review at: http://themuddoctor.blogspot.com/2011/09/super-8.html