10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

• Year: 2016
• Released: 11 Mar 2016
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 16 wins & 48 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179933/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10_cloverfield_lane
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/10-cloverfield-lane
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
• Runtime: 103 min
• Writer: Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken, Damien Chazelle
• Director: Dan Trachtenberg
• Cast: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.
• Keywords: kidnapping, paranoia, car accident, apocalypse, basement,

	7.2/10
	76/100
	90% – Critics
	79% – Audience

10 Cloverfield Lane Storyline

With her car rammed by a heavy truck after fleeing a dead-end relationship and her hometown of New Orleans, the hopeful young designer, Michelle, regains consciousness only to find herself inexplicably handcuffed to the cinder-block wall of cryptic Howard’s underground bunker. The grizzled survivalist claims he has saved Michelle not only from the obvious car crash, but also from an indistinguishable airborne toxic threat that has rendered the air unbreathable, and the earth uninhabitable. Could Howard be telling the truth, or is this mysterious–or even, hypothetical–danger, a deceitful pretence for something far more sinister?

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What are people throwing shade on this movie?

Pluses: 1. Great cast. Really good chemistry among them. Terrific performances from all. Mary Elizabeth Winstead gets better with every film she makes. 2. Story keeps you guessing until the end. 3. There are references in it to some popular films in the genre (that are likely film maker favorites) from the past 30 years or so. 4. Director shows great promise while still early in his career. 4. Story more important than special effects or pointless action sequences (always a plus for me). 5. Sound effects, usually unappreciated in non-action films, well used to add to the intensity of the drama.

Minuses: 1. We’ve probably all seen John Goodman play a similar character before. 2. There’s a possible murder that took place prior to the film, a plot device never resolved.

Since the film has the word “Cloverfield” in the title, a lot of dim light bulbs thought this was a prequel or sequel to the other film and bad mouthed it because it isn’t. Using Cloverfield in the title was likely just another reference to a favorite film.

Some people didn’t understand the ending. Huh? They must have fallen asleep during the rest of the movie (when they realized it wasn’t Cloverfield 2) or this generation is dumber than I fear it might be. The actions of Winstead’s character at the end of the film make perfect sense in light of a monologue she delivered earlier, which apparently was ignored by those whining about the ending.

Don’t listen to the naysayers. It isn’t high art, but it’s an entertaining film that will hold your attention to the end.

One of the better ones this year

I explicitly avoid watching any trailers or reading any reviews from 10 Cloverfield Lane just because I wanted to be certain to be surprised by the story. I just heard from some people that it was good and that’s all I needed to know. And I’m glad I did because during the whole entire movie you wonder what is really happening. You think about all the possible scenarios and still you are never sure what is going on. I like those kind of movies, mysteries, that keep you on edge all the time. The cast did a perfect job with their respective performances. And even though there are almost no other actors then the three main ones, John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr, the movie never gets boring. It’s full of twists and that’s how I like it. One of the better ones I saw this year.

Fairly good attempt at something different

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE is a bizarre and almost unrelated follow-up to the found footage monster horror hit CLOVERFIELD, which came out back in 2008. It’s only at the climax that this film ties in to that one (although in actuality it feels more like SKYLINE) but for the most part it’s a claustrophobic thriller set in an underground bunker. That it works at all is down to the presence of the ever-excellent John Goodman, playing it expertly as the survivalist captor hiding a few dark secrets. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is okay as the lead, but remains unsympathetic throughout, and the narrative is a little too slow at times, particularly in the ‘happy’ middle section. Still, the director ekes out suspense where possible, the guessing games are fun, and there are some nice and nasty twists in store.