You know if you want to see this movie or not already.
Plus reviews are stupid to begin with.
But anyway.

Cloverfield was a fantastic ride, incredibly tense...and far too short.

The camera style was occasionally really annoying (mostly when people were running), but it succeeded in putting you in the movie.

I could not sympathize with any of the characters, but that may not be the fault of the movie. Still- Trying to meet up with people is one thing, but to leave a phone message that is just you sobbing for a while- that's just frustrating.

Yes you see the monster.
No, there is no explanation- I couldn't really spoil the movie if I tried.
There is no ending per se.
Not even anything cool after the credits.
I was expecting more hidden crap, but it seems like the model is shifting to really hard to find stuff, hidden crap that requires screencap capabilities.

All in all, I think War of the Worlds was a better ride, but Cloverfield is the first time in a movie I have actually wanted to scream. Not like horror movie, pop out of a closet scream, but "Oh my god, this is so ridiculous" scream.

All in all, I recommend it. Hell of a trip.