Timeless...

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2001)

Jaws was released three years before I was born, but as I watch it even now in 2001, I don't notice that the Mayor's car on the ferry is a mid-seventies model, or Hooper's long curly hair or even the period-specific clothing. What I see is a film that could just as easily been released in 1999 for all the viewer is concerned.
The cinematography and acting are exceptional. I'm sure most of the reviews of this film have been good and this will simply be yet another compliment, but hey, when it's good, it's good! Forget the sequels, they only detract.