Whatever you feel about these changes, you're still looking at a fine movie.
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:24
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.7/10
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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Top CriticHopefully, audiences won't waste the chance to see E.T. call home now that he's temporarily back home -- in theaters, that is.
03/22/02
Top CriticViewers returning to it, as well as those discovering it, will find it an enduring children's film -- but one whose impact has diminished with the passage of time.
03/22/02
Top CriticTwenty years after its first release, E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg's misunderstood career.
03/22/02
Top CriticA masterpiece that deserves to be seen and appreciated on a big screen.
03/22/02
Top CriticWorthy of being called a contemporary classic.
03/22/02
Top CriticHappily, 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 CriticPerhaps Spielberg's most personal film, E.T. is definitely his most eccentric.
03/22/02
Top CriticOne of the greatest family-oriented, fantasy-adventure movies ever.
03/22/02
Top CriticE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a reminder of what movies are for.
03/22/02
Top CriticNow as then, it's a big pop myth that combines affirmation and lyricism with surprising potency.
03/22/02
Top CriticA thrilling reminder of Spielberg's extraordinary powers as a storyteller.
03/21/02
Top CriticE.T. works because its flabbergasting principals, 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton, 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas, convince us of the existence of the wise, wizened visitor from a faraway planet.
03/21/02
Top CriticWatching E.T now, in an era dominated by cold, loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas, one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision.
03/21/02
Top CriticTo see E.T. again is to wish you could see it for the first time, or, if not that, take somebody who can.
03/21/02
Top CriticFor those who have previously seen E.T., this is a chance to recapture something. And for those who haven't, this is an opportunity to see a movie that, at its best, is almost as special as its reputation indicates.
03/21/02
Top CriticMore intimate than spectacular, E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny, moving yarn that holds up well after two decades.
03/21/02
Top CriticYes, it's as good as you remember. In fact, even better.
03/21/02
Top CriticSpielberg's first real masterpiece, it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still, 20 years later.
03/21/02
Top CriticPretty much the same as it ever was. And just as good.
03/21/02
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