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An appealing film this new one is, with some charm, some glee in the childrens' triumphs, some share in their friendship with E.T.
More than the work of any other filmmaker, Spielberg's output seems uniquely designed to induce in me this queasy false-memory syndrome.
On inherent merit, the movie would not warrant such a highly publicized re-release, but this is one of those films that transcends what's on the screen.
Though marred by Spielberg's usual carelessness with narrative points, the film alternates sweetness and sarcasm with enough rhetorical sophistication to be fairly irresistible.
[It] may become a children's classic of the space age.
One of Spielberg's two or three masterpieces, an extremely satisfying sci-fi fable.
Steven Spielberg at his most pure.
Spielberg's family classic is still one of the best.
Spielberg triumphantly succeeds in bringing the magical to the everyday.
It helped alter the course of sci-fi movies by suggesting that intergalactic aliens might not be monsters but friendly, even loving, creatures. This doesn't make it a masterpiece, but it's fun.
What I see is simply a timeless story about friendship, loss and maturity -- and, perhaps, an idealized America of the kind Hollywood and politicians strive to convince us could really exist.
...a bona fide classic that has something to offer moviegoers of all ages.
Although conclusively demonstrating Spielberg's preeminence as the popular artist of his time, E.T. finally seems a less impressive film than Close Encounters.
E.T. is a film I will continue to watch over and over for the rest of my life. It is one I will never grow sick of, no matter how many times I watch it.
It's a simple beautiful story about loneliness, friendship, and the bittersweet pangs of childhood.
What do Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein, and E.T. have in common? The eyes, according to Spielberg.
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