Super 8

"A wickedly entertaining tribute to vintage sci-fi Spielberg."
"The cast is terrific."
- Richard Roeper, RichardRoeper.com

"The unforced performances of Courtney and Fanning are remarkable."
- Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

"A terrifically pleasing summer entertainment.  And the pleasure continues beyond the end, in a way that goes beyond afterglow."
- Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

"'Super 8' packs the emotional punch of vintage Steven Spielberg with the spectacular effects and sense of mystery at which writer/director J.J. Abrams excels."
"Reminiscent of ‘E.T.’, ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘War of the Worlds,’ it also has some of the coming-of-age quality of Rob Reiner’s ‘Stand By Me’.
"A summer blockbuster firing on all cylinders."
"The young cast – particularly newcomer Courtney and the impressive Fanning – is mesmerizing."
"For those who grew up enchanted by ‘E.T.’, ‘Super 8’ captures a similar sense of innocent exuberance and unabashed excitement."
- Claudia Puig, USA Today

"One of the best train crashes ever put on film."
"The pacing is superb, quick and agile without being frenzied, and the special effects are jaw-dropping."
"Abrams gets excellent performances from his young cast."
- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

"A enjoyable, well-acted, old-school geekfest."
- Lou Lumenick, New York Post

"The young actors are all very good, particularly Joel Courtney as Joe, our good-hearted but decidedly average eighth-grade hero. And Elle Fanning — who already has the preternatural calm of the young Jodie Foster — is superb as Alice."
- Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger

"J.J. Abrams delivers a phenomenal pop-art experience, dazzling the senses while aiming straight for the heart."
"All the kids in the film, most of them first-timers, are delightful."
"Fanning, an eerily skilled actress portraying a playacting amateur, is spectacular."
"In this season of sequels, is it too much to hope for a "Super 9"?"
- Colin Covert, Star Tribune

"'Super 8' is a fond and unexpected throwback to the days of ‘E.T.’ and ‘Close Encounters.’"
- Ty Burr, Boston Globe

"Loving, playful and spectacularly well made, ‘Super 8’ is easily the best summer movie of the year - of many years."
"It’s been eons since a movie has conjured up such intense, specific feelings, images, memories, and nostalgic fantasies about American summertime youth - everyone’s American summertime youth regardless of current age, nationality, sex or climate."
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"Summer's Best Film"
"'Super 8' is a stunner, a movie that sucks you in from the start and spits you out the other end with a sense of wonder to go with the tears in your eyes."
- Marshall Fine, Huffington Post 

"'Super 8' is the rarest of things this time of year: a blockbuster that's completely earnest and irony-free, not filled with cheeky pop-culture references of cheesy product placement.  The effects, while spectacular, also happen to be germane to the plot, and they have an intimate, tactile quality, rather than seeming too glossy or removed from reality. So all you're left with is…story. And strong performances. And well-developed characters. And a believable emotional arc. And genuine thrills."
- Christy Lemire, AP

"'Super 8' kicks in where it counts. Pulses will pound and palms will sweat. But nothing works without a human connection. In Super 8, Abrams makes us care. This movie, a true beauty, will put a spell on you."
"Fanning delivers a shooting-star performance that takes you places you don't see coming."
"In ‘Super 8,' Abrams makes us care.  This movie, a true beauty, will put a spell on you."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 

"Abrams makes you feel his enthusiasm."
- David Edelstein, New York Magazine

"Elle Fanning catapults from child star to romantic heroine."
- Thelma Adams, US Weekly 

"Everything you could ask for from a summer movie!"
- Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood

"J.J. Abrams' 'Super 8' is as great as you hoped it would be"
- Time Magazine

"The year's most thrilling, feeling movie."
"'Super 8' is a medley of tropes from the films of Spielberg's early prime. They're all here: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Goonies and especially E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial."
- Richard Corliss, Time Magazine

"It's suspenseful, it knows how to tell a story, it's got a sense of pace and a sense of place, it's got good special effects, even better acting and it's over in two hours."
- Ebert Presents At The Movies

"Remember how the academy expanded the best picture race to include crowd-pleasers and sublime spectacle films? Meet 'Super 8'…"
- LA Times

"One of the most original, mind-blowing and epic experiences you will have in the theatres this year!"
- Kevin McCarthy, FOX-TV / CBS Radio

"Everything you loved about Spielberg for a whole new generation."
- Tony Toscano, Talking Pictures

"I absolutely will be seeing this movie 4-5 times this summer."
"I love 'Super 8'. Love it. Love it."
- HarryKnowles, Aintitcool.com