Almost Perfect!

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2007)

Okay, maybe it should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture instead of Ghandhi. It had a great storyline of a young boy Elliot, played by Henry Thomas, who bonds with an alien named E.T. for Extra Terrestial. Of course, people like Peter Coyote is soon out to capture the alien from Elliott's home. His mother, Dee Wallace, is perfectly cast as the divorced mother of three who is unsuspecting of the creature in her home. As a nine year old when this film came out, I was envious the actors who played Elliott and Gertie played none other by Drew Barrymore, a descendant of American acting royalty. The film is a classic family film which should brings families together. I don't think it's my favorite Spielberg film of all time. that would be Jaws. I could watch that film a hundred times and still go in the water but E.T. is a tear-jerker and you might want to keep your Kleenex in reaching distance when you watch this film. I will always treasure the memory of my father who took me and my sister to see this film at the cinema.