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03/31/08
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
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Reviews Counted: 86
Fresh: 84
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.9/10
Consensus: A piece of movie magic that touches hearts both young and old.
Theatrical Release: Jun 11, 1982 Wide
Synopsis: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of an alien creature, E.T., mistakenly left behind on Earth. When a young boy, Elliott (Henry Thomas), finds... [More]
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace Stone, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Reviews for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Top Critic
Spielberg triumphantly succeeds in bringing the magical to the everyday.
03/04/08
More than the work of any other filmmaker, Spielberg's output seems uniquely designed to induce in me this queasy false-memory syndrome.
06/04/07
Top Critic 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.
06/04/07
Top Critic
Top Critic 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.
06/04/07
Though marred by Spielberg's usual carelessness with narrative points, the film alternates sweetness and sarcasm with enough rhetorical sophistication to be fairly irresistible.
06/04/07
Top Critic 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.
06/04/07
...a bona fide classic that has something to offer moviegoers of all ages.
01/06/07
This enchanting fable displays Spielberg's masterful craftsmanship as well as his belief in religious mythology.
06/21/06
Top Critic Although conclusively demonstrating Spielberg's preeminence as the popular artist of his time, E.T. finally seems a less impressive film than Close Encounters.
01/26/06
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.
11/25/05
It's a simple beautiful story about loneliness, friendship, and the bittersweet pangs of childhood.
09/30/05
What do Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein, and E.T. have in common? The eyes, according to Spielberg.
08/14/04
Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extraterrestrial touches the heart, engages the senses, and playfully challenges us to cavort with its allusive meanings.
02/04/04
What E.T. does so well is to capture that moment in life when childhood seems to be slipping away.
12/31/03
The OOOOOs and Ahhhhhhhhs are contagious, the cheering as Elliot, Michael and their friends take to the air as they're being chased by the Feds will still raise a cheer.
11/07/03
The simple truth is, no other movie has the same power to unite audiences in wonder and fulfilment.
04/13/03
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