The "Wizard of Oz" of my generation

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2002)

Too bad a few of you have given this film a "sickly sweet" review. E.T. is a classic, the "Wizard of Oz of my generation. Maybe it is a bit "sentimental," but there's nothing wrong with that. Here are a few more "sentimental" films which have (or should) become popular classics: "Mary Poppins;" "Peter Pan" (the Mary Martin TV version); "The World of Henry Orient; "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Even the original "Planet of the Apes" has moments of sentimentality. To quote a certain LITTLE MISS SHOWBIZ: "Don't be a Grumpy Wumpy." In my own words: you sad, cynical SOBs should look inside and find the inner child--and the inner E.T. What a better place this world would be if we could all be more happy and positive-and "sentimental."