80/100

10 Cloverfield Lane runs like clockwork. Beginning with a simple, Hitchcockian setup (complete with a Herrmann-esque score that kicks all sorts of ass), Dan Trachtenberg's debut feature lays out its mysteries like a jigsaw puzzle, building up the inner geography of the main location while allowing a few pieces to go missing, ratcheting up tension as a result. As an economical narrative, it's flawless, playing with rich, interesting characters in an enclosed space, and every frame is still, watching and planning the next move. It's a claustrophobic pot boiler oozing with riddles, and the conclusion, while feeling somewhat reminiscent of a studio stumbling in all "Night of the Living Dead" like with their profit-minded egos, feels part of a…

John Goodman is by far the best character actor of this generation. There is no character that this man cannot play and execute to perfection.

Claustrophobic, intense, and thrilling 10 Cloverfield Lane will not only keep you guessing from start to finish, but it also keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the entire run-time. Both John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead deliver convincing and authentic performances. What I liked most is that Mary Elizabeth's character isn't an idiot; she is actually very smart and and puts things together. Usually this isn't the case for this type of film.

If not for the last 5-10 minutes this would be a 4.5/5. I'm still very indifferent on the ending.…

"10 Cloverfield Lane" is a giant middle finger to current studio mind sets thinking that clever marking through keeping the movie underground and leaving audiences vague of what they're getting into.

As someone who has grown tired of current movie trailers showing off a good amount of the film and leaving me watching the film not getting invested in the characters and such, but just waiting for the money shots that I saw in the trailer to finally happen.

Granted, sometimes I enjoy those films regardless, but it's always nice to go into a film not knowing a whole lot of where it will go and what it will do.

Story follows Ramona Flowers getting into a car crash in…

I don’t have too much to say about 10 Cloverfield Lane, other than it’s quite alright. Actually, I enjoyed this movie for pretty much the same things I said were missing from Changeling. The first half, or so, does a great job of establishing reasonable logic, leading us to believe one of two possibilities. We’re told this, and then proceed by being shown scenes, props, lines of dialogue, or even a look between characters to instill enough doubt to make the audience question what they really know. The tension is real, and I was on board the whole time. That is, until the movie cops out by not being definitive, one way or another. Needless to say, I was fairly…