- Release Date: 1977
- Runtime: 132 min
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon ... see all
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Plot: After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
User Reviews
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jan 01, 2009
michaelstacyhutchinson - yahoo.com
Jan 01, 2009michaelstacyhutchinson - yahoo.com
Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind is his best Film. It has a Verismilitude as a Spielberg Movie that looks Great as a Period Sci-fi Movie. It captured my Imagination at 7, and made Me Believe in the Impossible, in... Full review
Neary review
Nov 16, 2008
robotnickthedan - yahoo.com
Nov 16, 2008robotnickthedan - yahoo.com
The last time I saw this movie was a year ago of this day for its 30th anniversary. I like the story where people are flashed by UFOs and are drawn to a military base where Aliens land to meet them.... Full review
A dreary Spielberg picture
Jul 11, 2008
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Jul 11, 2008dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Close Encounters does have a good ingenious message but it gets too close for you to be completely entertained all the way through.... Full review
the best sci fi ever
Aug 25, 2007
korovabar2003 - yahoo.com
Aug 25, 2007korovabar2003 - yahoo.com
i have seen this movie probably 20 times, and it never gets old. i saw it as a kid in the theater, i was 8 years old. when the mother ship came up behind the mountain, i nearly wet myself. i... Full review
snore
Jul 30, 2007
cougwaterboy9 - yahoo.com
Jul 30, 2007cougwaterboy9 - yahoo.com
this is one of the mot boring movies ever. the only semi interesting part is the end. Richard dreyfuss is weird in this movie. He makes a mountain out of mash potatoes... Full review
bom bing bam bum bing
Jul 02, 2007
manis_steven - yahoo.com
Jul 02, 2007manis_steven - yahoo.com
alien Implants have taken over. Independence day "the movie" is more like it. How stupid could the director be? WAR of the worlds is much better, speilberg. Alien "not known technology has taken it's place in the world. A disney look... Full review
Cult following?? psssshhhhh
May 10, 2007
jason - yahoo.com
May 10, 2007jason - yahoo.com
This was a failed attempt at movie making, the only reason this developed was from the celebrity status of the director.....very very poor movie, sorry guys... Full review
Lackluster Encounters
May 10, 2007
Wholly - yahoo.com
May 10, 2007Wholly - yahoo.com
Bad Encounters of the Worst Kind. Another boring, boring movie that really had no point. Such as, I believe there are aliens and I'm going to use my house to dump wheelbarrow loads of dirt to prove that I can build... Full review
Cult following?? psssshhhhh
May 10, 2007
ezeforizzle - yahoo.com
May 10, 2007ezeforizzle - yahoo.com
This was a failed attempt at movie making, the only reason this developed was from the celebrity status of the director.....very very poor movie, sorry guys... Full review
Worst movie in the world, sick, dumb, never watch
May 10, 2007
pelangov728 - yahoo.com
May 10, 2007pelangov728 - yahoo.com
If you want to die you can watch this movie, you will die in an instant. The guy makes potato mountains and doesn't talk. JUST WATCH MARTHA STEWART( don't know how to spell..........)... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Apr 15, 2009associatedcontent.com
With the help of his on-screen accomplice, Richard Dreyfuss, Spielberg delightfully and convincingly pulls off a great con job on the viewer's imagination....Spielberg, as either writer or director, more often than not, makes the unbelievable, believable---and he often makes the truth even more startling..... ... Full Review
| Apr 15, 2009associatedcontent.com
With the help of his on-screen accomplice, Richard Dreyfuss, Spielberg delightfully and convincingly pulls off a great con job on the viewer's imagination....Spielberg, as either writer or director, more often than not, makes the unbelievable, believable---and he often makes the truth even more startling..... ... Full Review
| Dec 09, 2008The Denver Post
There are so many great and terrifying moments in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" that you need to grab your kids this week and sit down in front of the TV to catch them.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Rated: PG, for some potentially disturbing scenes of alien visitation and abduction.
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| Jul 01, 2008commonsensemedia.org
It epitomizes everything good about sci-fi: the childlike awe at the amazing effects and events, the mystery, and an overall good story.
I love this Sci-Fi flick.
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| Apr 24, 2008TheHDRoom
s Close Encounters of the Third Kind with my friend Eric, I proclaimed that I liked the movie more than another sci-fi epic from 1977: Star Wars. ... Full Review
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Top 10 Sci Fi Movies of All Time
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2009-08-05
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2009-06-17
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Close Encounters of the Famous Kind for Grads
eonline.com –
2009-05-18
Williams Surprises Spielberg
bu.edu –
2009-05-17
"I had to walk around the room for four or five minutes to catch my breath," Williams recalls. "I said to Steven, 'I really think you need a better composer than I am for this film.' ... Full Article

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