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E.T.

E.T. remains Spielberg’s most personal film, and his most affecting too.
5 stars 
Empire 

 John Williams' score soars, and the special effects are still dazzling, even if younger audiences are used to much slicker by now. After more than 25 years, E.T. continues to tug at heartstrings and prove Spielberg is a master storyteller.
5 stars
Common Sense Media 

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Jaws
Somehow it all fell into place. The actors (Scheider, Dreyfuss, even Shaw as cantankerous quasi-Ahab, Quint) gelled; the script formed a precise three act chronology; and the shark was sensibly kept hidden until the very close. And John Williams happened to write the most impactful score in history. But one shouldn't discount the influence of Spielberg as director. Instantly dubbed a technobrat, he laces the narrative with tricksy delights - reverse zooms, fast edits, woozy oceanbound camerawork.
5 stars
Empire

 As one of Steven Spielberg's early films, his adept building up of the tension -- heightened that much more by the almost universally known two-note "shark attack" music provided by John Williams -- shines in both the shark attack scenes and in the spaces in which the story is given time to build and the characters have room to develop.
5 stars
Common sense media

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 The BFG

 The story opens promisingly: John Williams’ score builds excitement as Sophie (newcomer Ruby Barnhill) explains how giants lurk in London at night, unseen to all except the insomniac orphan.
3 Stars
Empire

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