The story of a group of middle-school kids making a film during their summer vacation is the kind of adolescent innocence we can all relate to and it's featured extraordinarily well in this film. These young actors are just a joy to watch on screen. Initial response recorded by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes is acclaimed, with an approval score of 83% based of 46 critics, with a rating average of 8/10.
They each possess acting abilities far greater than their young ages suggest. Set in 1979, "Super 8" tells the story of a group of young movie makers who witness a massive train crash, which in turn releases an unknown force onto their small Ohio town.
When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident.
They each possess acting abilities far greater than their young ages suggest. Set in 1979, "Super 8" tells the story of a group of young movie makers who witness a massive train crash, which in turn releases an unknown force onto their small Ohio town.
When the locals start to disappear and even the inquisitive deputy can't come up with answers, suspicions emerge that the incident was anything but an accident.
- Joel Courtney as Joe Lamb
- Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard
- Kyle Chandler as Jackson Lamb
- Ron Eldard as Louis Dainard
- Noah Emmerich as Colonel Nelec
- Riley Griffiths as Charles Kaznyk
- Ryan Lee as Carey
- Zach Mills as Preston
- Gabriel Basso as Martin
- Josh McFarland as Tom Ashton
- Amanda Michalka as Jen Kaznyk
- Glynn Turman as Dr. Woodward
- Michael Hitchcock as Deputy Rosko
- Colin Mathews as Beto's customer
- Remy Thorne as Jorge Brooks
The film, produced by Steve Spielberg, does not have an A-list celebrity to help sell tickets. After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.
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