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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Although the found-footage genre has overstayed its welcome, this film was quite interesting and very different. A subtle supernatural start soon goes very wrong. The climax is insanely entertaining and incredibly well made! Dane DeHaan is excellent.

I can see that a number of people enjoyed this movie, and on one hand the premise is interesting, but I felt entirely letdown by the second half of the film. Movies don't have to be totally realistic, but when they're well done, we should be able to "suspend our disbelief". Through a combination of sub-par plot development and scenes that felt too over the top, at times it just seemed silly. I also had difficulty with Andrew's character -- rather than finding myself emotionally invested in understanding and caring about his internal struggles, I largely just felt annoyed. I also felt like there should have been more depth to the "sci-fi" aspect: I felt unsatisfied by the lack of further development on how this all came about or if there was any deeper connection between the origin of the powers and any of the plot elements. Sure, we can be left to make our own conjectures, but the film gives little to build from.(Purposefully left this vague to avoid plot spoilers)

This is a science-fiction thriller set in Seattle. Three teenage boys gain superpowers after encountering something supernatural in a cave. The film was sometimes falsely promoted as a comedy. A substantial proportion of the trailer shows the only humorous part of this dark film, which is when they use their new-found powers to play silly pranks.

Josh Trank may get a bad wrap for Fantastic 4, but Chronicle is something amazing. It uses the found footage genre, but in such a way that it's intense and makes you feel like the main character. The story centers around Andrew, a troubled and depressed teen with no friends or anyone to talk to. He likes to shoot things on his camera, yet is bullied for almost everything he does, including this. Without giving away too much, he quickly makes some friends after receiving telekinesis at a barn party. Because Andrew records everything, we feel like we are a part of him, like his imaginary friend and we begin to feel for him as he makes new friends. After a while, he begins showing his darker side, after trying to rescue is mother, dying with Caner, and being abused by his alcoholic father. His friends attempt to stop him from becoming depressed and resentful again, but he fights back, accidentally killing one of his friends in the process. The other, his cousin, knows exactly what he has done, and why he's filming everything, makes it the even more scary. But when he stops filming, the footage from car dash cams and helicopter cameras makes us feel as if we are no longer Andrew's friend, and we cannot help to feel sorry for him as he fights his only friend to the death.Overall, Chronicle is a very good film and for a low budget is phenomenal.