Chronicle should be the shining example for any filmmaker or studio wanting to make a “found footage” movie that’s more than just a gimmick.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 1, 2023

There are some good lines in the picture, and the final action sequence is fantastic. It’s just a shame that this "fresh" look at super-powers features so many things we’ve seen before.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2022

As occupied with actual characters as it is with inventive set-pieces, Chronicle has set a mighty high benchmark for the big boys of summer to live up to. And it's done it with a fraction of the purse.

Full Review | Apr 22, 2021

'Chronicle' is a truly innovative film that, out of nowhere, engages the needs of this genre with great enthusiasm. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 24, 2020

It is located in the second highest position of the abused "genre" that has been found-footage. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Apr 22, 2020

Although the crashing climax left me cold, I was generally impressed by the youthful enthusiasm of the filmmaking in Chronicle.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2020

The found footage technique pays off for a crackerjack confrontational climax...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 24, 2020

Chronicle is like a geeky kid's wet dream.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 10, 2019

Happily, and to my surprise, Chronicle's turns out to provide quite a bit of genre fun, and a touching little parable to boot.

Full Review | Aug 28, 2019

The format seems like more of a hindrance, a pointless gimmick that ultimately leads nowhere.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Chronicle may be spare parts from different genres, but it manages to feel fresh and fun - well, at least as fun as it can get in a film with a seriously dark edge.

Full Review | May 7, 2019

Yes, Chronicle is sort of sci fi, and reminded me of an old Stephen King novel called It. But what interested me most was the quick leaping interplay between the teens.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 27, 2019

Chronicle is a refreshing take on a certain kind of lore, with a point of view that is both novel and well-conceived.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Feb 6, 2019

For all its good will and early invention, it sadly peters out into a messy, cross-city fight scene and overly-sentimental finale.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 13, 2018

If only all superhero origin films were so dynamic, arresting and realistic.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 4, 2018

All the images in the film are supposedly recorded by one of its characters... At first this tired technique is somewhat annoying, but it eventually goes a long way in bringing the viewer into the story.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2018

[Chronicle]'s approach delivers a fresh take on superhero genre and its attitude should appeal to its YouTube generation target audience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 6, 2017

Trank's debut feature treats the audience to a deluge of teen angst, power trips, comradeship and rivalry yielding an insightful look into the unstable machine driving humans' wills and desires.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2017

A found-footage film, like 'Blair Witch,' combined with 'Bowling for Columbine.' Instead of witches and guns, it's a teen outcast with supernormal abilities; like 'Carrie' with shaky-cam and cool CG.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 1, 2016

Somewhere amidst a jumble of fast images and unscripted shouts, I couldn't help but feel that this all would have been more effective in a movie that played the material with a more straightforward approach.

Full Review | Jan 7, 2014