In a time where everything from sports to rainbows has to have some artificially contrived politics behind it, watching a movie about creatures that are different from one another intentionally and sacrificially caring about one another serves as a kind of cinematic sigh of relief, like a diver to air.ĭrew Barrymore (Charlie’s Angels, Never Been Kissed) plays a supporting role as Elliot’s sister and a few other once known actors fill in the background but it’s the story’s conscious intent on illustrating the power and sustainability of unconditional love and grace that makes the movie worth watching more than once.Į.T. There’s only the well-worn relationship of empathy between characters that makes the movie sing and ultimately last. It’s a basic storyline of problem/reaction/solution, but where the movie falls into the timeless category is in its heartening grip on humanity. That scene itself is reason enough to see the movie again and again. In a scene that has become iconic among all movies, Elliot walks into his backyard at night, the soft porchlight on, the small shed light spread on the ground, against the backdrop of a lower cornfield and slow clouds crossing a quartered moon. One night in his backyard, he stumbles upon a left-behind alien that’s found its way to Elliot’s family’s shed. Henry Thomas (Gangs of New York, Legends of the Fall) stars as Elliot, a young boy who is growing up in a broken family with all the trappings of 1980’s American culture.
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