One of the most perfect films ever made

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 1999)

When I first saw this film I was ten years old and spent the rest of the summer petrified of even going near a pool . . .and yet I watched it over and over again. My favorite film, this movie symbolizes nearly everything that can be done with the medium of movies. It can make you laugh, and it can make you cry; it can make you stand up and cheer and it can make you crawl under your seat with fright. What Spielberg did with this film is majestic, and it was made all the better by the great performances of Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider, and especially Rober Shaw (who was robbed of at least a nomination). The shots are magnificent, and the brilliantly ominous, yet often upbeat, score by John Williams is spectacular. One of the true masterpieces of cinema, it will forever be known as the first Summer Blockbuster.