over rated 'boy and dog' story

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2000)

Boy and dog story with SF motif. Quite ordinary formula flick with little creative input. One of Spielberg's weaker films..pales in comaparison with same year's Poltergeist-a thriller classic. ET is sappy,overly sentimental and a little saccharine for my taste. Wanna see real ET's-try the Abyss or Close Encounters(spielberg's best SF) Want nice doggy stories-Lassie,Sounder,et al..