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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] for language and mild thematic elements

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Theatrical Release:Mar 22, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $35,144,920

Producer: Steven Spielberg
Studio: Universal Pictures

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03/05/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Spielberg's second draft of E.T. does no special harm to our memories.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Despite some new footage ad digital enhancements, Spielberg's beloved alien fable is very much a product of its times, reflecting the technology and zeitgeist of 1982.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
07/02/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Still a home boy after all these years.

comment Comment
06/15/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

There's something so satisfying in knowing that a rubber shape can mean more to people than a lifetime of computer generated imagery.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
02/26/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

I have a confession to make: I didn't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy. That is because - damn it! - I also wanted a little alien as a friend!

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
12/18/02
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Twenty years after the original release of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, director Steven Spielberg runs his own studio but has yet to make a more personal film.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
10/21/02
Paul Malcolm
Paul Malcolm
L.A. Weekly

It's a transcendent work of genre filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
08/25/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

It is an exceptionally visual film and an exceptionally emotional film, but the kind that most of us don't mind being manipulated by.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
07/11/02
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia, it's significant without being overstated.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
06/11/02
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

If you haven't seen the film lately, you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg's work. Much of it is funny, but there are also some startling, surrealistic moments...

Full Review Source: James Sanford on Film | comment Comment
06/03/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
James Sanford on Film

Out of this world.

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
05/29/02
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

E.T. phone home. Tres palabras que arrastraron al mundo a la fiebre extraterrestre más enternecedora que jamás haya vivido.

Full Review Source: Cinenganos | comment Comment
05/20/02
Luis Martinez
Luis Martinez
Cinenganos

When a movie has stuck around for this long, you know there's something there. It's that good.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
05/11/02
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Like 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.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
05/08/02
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

(E.T.) stands as a perfect movie-going experience that I don’t believe will ever show signs of age.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/19/02
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com

It's encouraging that E.T. is finally being called what it is: an American classic.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
04/10/02
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Matinee Magazine

E.T. has lost none of its power to move an audience in the past two decades.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
04/09/02
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

CGI + 'E.T.' = A-OK

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
04/03/02
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

The most wistful, the most heartbreaking film [Spielberg] has ever made.

Full Review Source: Daily-Reviews | comment Comment
04/02/02
Shay Casey
Shay Casey
Daily-Reviews
 
 
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