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(1 - 13) of 13 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   4/4 "The film...lacks blockbuster detachment."   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers A- "It plays out as a film buff's idea of what a UFO sighting would be like if it could be a cross between a Disney theme park and a 1970s light show at a disco."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 9/10 "[A] great movie, and one of the rare uplifting experiences in modern cinema."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Dragan Antulov "Masterwork thriller about UFOs."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 4/4 "Close Encounters of the Third Kind is unquestionably a great movie."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "Not even Spielberg makes them as they used to."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 5/5 "Definitive cut of director Steven Spielberg's masterpiece isn't just great science fiction: It's great art."   Netflix   James Rocchi 10/10 "...a masterful motion picture all around...where the interactions of its characters are equally important as the wizardry of the special effects."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "Real smart and touching, in an unusual way."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 4/5 "What I could see of the special effects were wonderful, and they hold up over time, unlike many sci-fi movies. The landing scene at the end still fills you with wonder and amazement."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 5/5 "A thrilling adventure story and a brilliant example of the art and craft of movie making."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 5/5 "May be the greatest film ever made about the meeting of the rational and the mystical."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves "Viewing Close Encounters we are reduced to a childlike perception, overwhelmed by the luster and might of the vision before us."   Not Coming to a Theater Near You   Rumsey Taylor  (1 - 13) of 13 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1