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Jaws

1975

Steven Spielberg

Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary ...

7.1

123,022

Horror. Mystery A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.

	Author	Review
United States	A.D. Murphy Variety	"Getting right to the point, 'Jaws' is an artistic and commercial smash."	POS
United States	Arthur Knight The Hollywood Reporter	"Robert Shaw easily dominates all of his scenes (...) Roy Scheider is no less effective in a less colorful role (...) Nor should John Williams' totally supportive score be overlooked."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the most effective thrillers ever made (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"It has been cleverly directed by Steven Spielberg (...) for maximum shock impact and short-term suspense"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Steven Spielberg's mechanical thriller is guaranteed to make you scream on schedule (...) particularly if your tolerance for weak motivation and other minor inconsistencies is high."	NEU
United Kingdom	Derek Malcolm The Guardian	"A cracking good piece of entertainment."	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Spielberg balances terror on the water with a rich portrait of an island police chief (...) What’s really striking about 'Jaws' is how much Spielberg gets from reaction shots, especially the eyes"	POS
United Kingdom	Mark Dinning Empire	"Rightly lauded, 'Jaws' has lost none of its power to terrify. A film of immense, visceral and psychological power (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Rolling Stone	"In Spielberg's hands, the shark becomes not just a great movie monster, but also an existential fact (...) [It] still keeps us riveted and shocked, even after multiple viewings"	POS
United Kingdom	Martin Chilton Telegraph	"'Jaws', a brilliant film of so much more than just short shark shocks, changed the cinema experience forever"	POS
United States	Michael Sragow The New Yorker	"An unassumingly great movie (...) The movie’s variety of feeling and its go-for-broke inventiveness come from Spielberg"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"[It] still feels timeless and terrifying. The characterisation is precise and acutely observed (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Time	"It is quite a good movie (...) 'Jaws' is an efficient entertainment machine."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"When it comes to this kind of thriller, no movie has been able to top 'Jaws', although many have tried (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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