Movie Review: "Super 8"

This movie is best described as “Goonies” meets “ET.” A group or peripubescent friends get together in a Middle American town in 1979 to make a movie about zombies. In the course of the movie making, they witness a mysterious train crash. A series of mysterious and catastrophic events follow. The child acting is superb- especially Elle Fanning. The plot is fairly predictable. Special effects are good, but are not used to carry the story line. If you’re looking for simple summer entertainment that will not shock your sensibilities, this movie is worth seeing.