Along With "Schindler's List", Spielberg's Most Personal Film

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2000)

Steven Spielberg's "E.T." is great cinematic film-making that was made during a time when films were quickly becoming harsher and more adult-oriented. This is a film for the entire family. The youngest of children and the roughest of adults can all watch this film and feel the same types of emotions. A space alien is accidently left behind on Earth and it is up to Elliott (Henry Thomas), his older brother (Robert MacNaughton), and his younger sister (Drew Barrymore) to help E.T. "phone home" and ultimately return to his home-planet. Dee Wallace and Peter Coyote are also perfect in their roles. The screenplay is amazingly smart and insightful. Spielberg's direction is the strongest point, he added to his legacy and created arguably the best film of the 1980s. 5 stars out of 5.