Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Name: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 1977-12-14
Duration: 137 min

We are not alone.

19772h 17mcritics 7.4/10

Science Fiction Drama

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

starring Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon

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Read from 67 comments (35 from Metacritic, 30 from Reddit, 2 from TMDB reviews) — 24 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 1 that gave people chills.

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Reddit19 read

“the Indianapolis Center air traffic control scene in the beginning is one of the best scenes to ever build tension without ever showing the action. You can hear the pilots of the AirEast and TWA flights describing everything in great detail so you have a clear idea of what's going on, you see them on the radar with the symbol of the unknown craft approaching theirs, and you feel the same sense of curiosity and fear that the ATC staff has when they're gathered around watching it play out.”
OreoSpeedwaggon▲ 30about 0–10% inread it ↗
“the scene when the little boy is abducted. Such a feeling of mystery and wonder, as well as terror”
FantasiainFminor▲ 14about 20–30% inread it ↗
“His mother looking up and seeing the clouds boil and knowing the aliens took him --- so dreadful and yet fills you with amazing awe”
BiggieSmallz98▲ 6about 20–30% inread it ↗
“The sequence in India where they ask the singing crowd where the sounds came from and with one roar they all point skyward. Just TYPING this gave me a chill.”
SanderleeAcademy▲ 6about 33–66% inread it ↗

Metacritic35 read

“ending of it especially excellent”
badshapedabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“The early scene with Truffaut and Balaban in India is the only one that remains as effective as I found the movie as a whole thirty years ago.”
jameslucasabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“only at the end comes the aliens who did nothing for the entire movie”
Tyrolreviewsabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“starts off a little slow”
kyle20ellisabout 0–33% inread it ↗

TMDB2 read

“The climax at a mountain is breathtaking when Neely comes face to face with his destiny.”
Ian Bealeabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“real paucity of pace for the first hour”
CinemaSerfabout 0–33% inread it ↗

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