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NUMBERS
Box Office: $35,144,920
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CONSENSUS
E.T.'s power hasn't diminished with the years. It remains a fine piece of children's cinema.
CAST & CREW
Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace Stone, Peter Coyote
Directed by Steven Spielberg
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SYNOPSIS
The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack. more...
MPAA RATING
PG, language and mild thematic elements
RUNTIME
1 hour, 57 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Mar 22, 2002
Video: Oct 22, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Universal Pictures
GENRE
Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Adventure, Friends, Aliens, Classic, Kids Adventure, Science-Fiction, Tear Jerker, Halloween, Recommended, Family Film, Blockbuster
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The 20th Anniversary Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
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 "A classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"There's plenty to impress about E.T."
-- Gregory Weinkauf, NEW TIMES
"Just as moving, uplifting and funny as ever."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"Anyone who still possesses the tiniest scrap of a soul will mist up a little bit while watching the new-'n'-improved 20th Anniversary Edition of E.T."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"Twenty years later, E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone."
-- Jonathan Taylor, CITYSEARCH
"(E.T.) stands as a perfect movie-going experience that I don’t believe will ever show signs of age."
-- Collin Souter, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"If you haven't seen the film lately, you may be surprised at the variety of tones in Spielberg's work. Much of it is funny, but there are also some startling, surrealistic moments..."
-- James Sanford, JAMES SANFORD ON FILM
"Out of this world."
-- Audrey Rock-Richardson, TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN (UTAH)
"For the most part, the film does hold up pretty well."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"It's a transcendent work of genre filmmaking."
-- Mark Palermo, COAST (HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA)
"A time machine, a journey back to your childhood, when cares melted away in the dark theater, and films had the ability to mesmerize, astonish and entertain."
-- Sean O'Connell, ECLIPSE MAGAZINE
"When a movie has stuck around for this long, you know there's something there. It's that good."
-- Eugene Novikov, FILM BLATHER
"It's a fascinating look into what Spielberg truly loves, but it's not so much a masterpiece as a nice milestone."
-- Kim Morgan, OREGONIAN
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"Everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there, for everybody who wants to be a kid again, or show it to their own kids."
-- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
"Unquestionably a classic...anyone whose heart isn't touched by
'E.T.' probably doesn't have one."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
 "If you liked the 1982 film then, you'll still like it now."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"It is an exceptionally visual film and an exceptionally emotional film, but the kind that most of us don't mind being manipulated by."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll have a great time. Don't miss this rare opportunity to view this great motion picture on the big screen."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Like the film's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early-'80s suburbia, it's significant without being overstated."
-- Keith Phipps, ONION AV CLUB
"I have a confession to make: I didn't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy. That is because - damn it! - I also wanted a little alien as a friend!"
-- James O'Ehley, SCI-FI MOVIE PAGE
"What doesn't this film have that an impressionable kid couldn't stand to hear?"
-- Christopher Null, FILMCRITIC.COM
"What's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm."
-- Donald Munro, FRESNO BEE
"One of the most purely magical scenes in the history of film is when Elliott's bicycle lifts off up into the sky.
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-- Nell Minow, MOVIE MOM
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FRESH 96%
Avg. Rating: 9.5/10 |
"Yes, it's as good as you remember. In fact, even better."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Spielberg's first real masterpiece, it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still, 20 years later."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"More intimate than spectacular, E.T. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny, moving yarn that holds up well after two decades."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"To see E.T. again is to wish you could see it for the first time, or, if not that, take somebody who can."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The tenderness of the piece is still intact."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Twenty years after its first release, E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg's misunderstood career."
-- Charles Taylor, SALON.COM
"Happily, some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude. For proof of that on the cinematic front, look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that Spielberg calls, retrospectively, his most personal work yet."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"Watching E.T now, in an era dominated by cold, loud special-effects-laden extravaganzas, one is struck less by its lavish grandeur than by its intimacy and precision."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"One of the greatest family-oriented, fantasy-adventure movies ever."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"E.T. works because its flabbergasting principals, 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton, 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas, convince us of the existence of the wise, wizened visitor from a faraway planet."
-- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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"I walked away from this new version of E.T. just as I hoped I would -- with moist eyes."
-- Mervius, FANTASTICA DAILY
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