A good, but not great, family movie.

Rating: 8/10 (2 September 2019)

I've always enjoyed "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". It's a funny, exciting and quite emotional movie. I just could never understand why it was such a monster hit. "E.T." deserved to be a hit but I never understood why it connected with people the way it did. I still enjoy this movie when I see it but I don't seek it out that often. I did see it in the theater but I saw it towards the end of its run. Maybe I spent that summer hearing how great it was and when I finally got around to seeing it the build-up was just too much. That my expectations were too high. That said, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" is good movie.