Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

nestoryaviti The movie that made everyone fall in love with space and aliens. Amazing and beautiful story telling makes this movie one of the best the ever was.

Pjtaylor-96-138044 Spielberg's seminal sci-fi flick finds a way to evoke both fear and wonder from the extra-terrestrial elements which fuel its plot, using a surprisingly enigmatic 'less is more' mentality (perhaps even more so than 'Jaws (1975)' before it). The cracks in the still impressive special effects splendour eventually start to show, though, when the feature breaks from its core philosophy to show its hand in its final moments, leaving almost nothing to the imagination. 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)' would probably have worked better upon its initial release at the height of the flying saucer fanatics, when the world hadn't seen as many of these effects-driven epics and as such were more likely to view those aspects as worthy selling-points alone, but it still holds up relatively well forty-years later even if the pacing is very slow between the several genuinely superbly crafted and suspenseful set-pieces that make it a worth-while watch. The finale isn't quite as gripping as it perhaps thinks it is, however, instead revealing far too much and being far too drawn-out for its own good. 6/10

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" (1977)In the very first year of dreaming being a director for life, Steven Spielberg, at the age of sixteen, in filmmaking season 1962/1963, when Hollywood Major Productions as "Cleopatra" starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton and English Imports as "Lawrence of Arabia" directed by David Lean winning all the glory at the Academy Award Ceremony in Los Angeles, California, a young U.S. American teenager from Columbus, Ohio starts principal photography on Super 8mm, in reminiscence of executive S. Spielberg producing "Super 8" for director J.J. Abrams in season 2010/2011, when images of gathered teenager take all their pride to finish a 140-Minute micro-budget science-fiction film releasing in 1964 under the title "Firelight", making some waves with executives at Universal Studios Hollywood, when legend says that 18-year-old Steven Spielberg from Columbus, OH jumped the visitor train at Universal Studios to make his way into an office of an Universal executive to present a copy of his film "Firelight" (1964).The rest is history, the name of the executive not to be revealed here, presumingly resting in peace, presented a 10-to-12 exclusive picture deal to the young man Spielberg, when first television as an episode of the weekly crime-feature series "Colombo" (season 1969/1970) before hitting an Hitchcockian thriller base with original television feature, exclusively produced for Universal Television, "Duel" starring Dennis Weaver, where Steven Spielberg, at age 24, already shows the visionary eye of connecting several angles into one shot, keeping the suspense going to a clean 85-Minute-Cut finish of ultimate action between a salesman and a truck driver.Steven Spielberg's fourth theatrically-released feature brings the director full-circle with his first "Firelight" endeavors in filmmaking, blowing up to an ultimate cinematic experience, when "Aliens" from outer space fly light-flashing saucers over U.S. American soil, doing magic of physicalities, which hit leading man portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss like an exploding lighbulb. He starts to see visions of an lonely mountain of "title-given" stage of encounter, when a French scientist performed by director Francois Truffaut (1932-1984) in an all-time exclusive favor from a French critically-acclaimed director to an new-age Hollywood blockbuster director that "Close Encounters of Third Kind" reaches the highest heights in cinematic splendor visually, audioable as the galvanizing score by director Spielberg's close-friend through the ages John Williams, recalling the "five notes of eternity" to play as inception of communication between "humans" and "aliens". F.A. Dausend (one-time author exclusive-engagement)Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

ANUNAY SHARMA Whenever i came around a list of greatest sci-fi films of all time,most of the time i saw this movie mentioned in the list. Reviews of this film are also very great be it on RT,IMDb or Metacritic so i thought to watch this movie but lo,the movie turned out be something which intended to tell so much but turned out be too less.The religious themes of the film derails the film from its itinerary. Too many unanswered questioned also vexed me a lot. Character development is almost good. The way aliens are shown in the movie is good but at the same time their eerie behavior made no sense.The screenplay was good in parts. Mystery created around the UFO sighting was pretty good but considering the tone of the movie, climax made no sense at all. The movie started off really well but the end product sounded half-baked. Richard Dreyfuss over-the-top antics didn't work well. Teri Garr is good but had nothing much to do.Melinda Dillon was there only for crying and making sad faces. Visuals are breathtaking. Even for today's standard it looks pretty cool. Background score is good. So is cinematography.Direction is not up to the mark. I think Mr. Spielberg got muddled about the course of the narrative.It is the most overrated film in Steven Spielberg's filmography. Its way beyond my apprehension as how this film is termed as the greatest in its league.