J. J. Abrams decided to make an homage to the 1980s kid-adventure genre. I think he did a pretty good job. Other than the occasional wink to the audience of the future (the Walkman, film develpment, and drug jokes), it stays pretty firmly rooted in its time and place. Sure, there are stereotypes aplenty, but that's what an homage is.
Keep in mind that there's some bad language and a selection of body-poppin' brutality. One difference between now and then: in the 1980s this would have been rated R.
Including the completed home movie in the credits was brilliant. Make sure you stay for it.
Super 8
2011, 112 minutes, directed by J. .J. Abrams
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