Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

["Close Encounters"] attempts to conquer fear of the unknown with love. Maybe the movies will begin to lead us away from their early '70s nightmare visions to a new, more benign fantasy world. As a filmgoer sated with violence, I'm ready.

There is no better indication of how far movies have progressed in 75 years than this awe-inspiring, magical foray into the worlds of science fiction and science fact.

Simply a thoughtless exercise in instant self-gratification. Actually, I felt sorry for this muddled movie with its childlike vulnerability.

A marvellous movie -- an eye-widening, ear-filling adventure that lifts your spirits and sends you home with a great feeling that lasts for hours.

Sophisticates will find a lot to snigger over; sophisticates, in fact, must snigger at movies like this. But for most it will be a smooth trip, like King Kong, into movie entertainment at the top of its act.