I knew this was a great film, but seeing it again makes me realize just why it's a great film.
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04/01/02
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:79
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.9/10
Consensus: E.T.'s power hasn't diminished with the years. It remains a fine piece of children's cinema.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Theatrical Release:Mar 22, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $35,144,920
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Pretty much the same as it ever was. And just as good.
03/21/02
Top CriticLike the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia, it's significant without being overstated.
06/11/02
Now as then, it's a big pop myth that combines affirmation and lyricism with surprising potency.
03/22/02
Top CriticJust as moving, uplifting and funny as ever.
03/21/02
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a reminder of what movies are for.
03/22/02
Top CriticSpielberg's first real masterpiece, it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still, 20 years later.
03/21/02
Top CriticE.T. phone home. Tres palabras que arrastraron al mundo a la fiebre extraterrestre más enternecedora que jamás haya vivido.
05/20/02
Twenty years later, E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone.
03/22/02
It's a transcendent work of genre filmmaking.
08/25/02
No review available.
03/05/08
Move over Judy Garland: you've met your match in Henry Thomas.
03/23/02
More than anything, the tender intelligence and sweet humor of E.T. remind us how much cinematic shorthand has truncated emotion in the mad rush toward special effects.
03/21/02
The most wistful, the most heartbreaking film [Spielberg] has ever made.
04/02/02
Yes, it's as good as you remember. In fact, even better.
03/21/02
Top CriticLike Peter Pan, who also took children flying until it was time for them to grow up, E.T. represents the wonder of childhood, of a time that we must all leave behind.
05/08/02
One of the greatest family-oriented, fantasy-adventure movies ever.
03/22/02
Top CriticPerhaps Spielberg's most personal film, E.T. is definitely his most eccentric.
03/22/02
Happily, some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude. For proof of that on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls, retrospectively, his most personal work yet.
03/22/02
Top CriticYes, li'l E.T.'s heart light still burns bright. Now, feel free to go sob in your popcorn.
03/21/02
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