WINTER WARMERS
Jun 24, 2019
3 minutes
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Steven Spielberg based the gentle alien on an imaginary friend he invented after his own parents’ divorce. Perhaps that’s why the relationship between Elliott (Henry Thomas) and his outer-space mate is so rewarding. After 37 years, the image of the vulnerable 10-year-old silhouetted against the moon, with ET in the basket of his flying bicycle, still makes the heart soar.
WHO TO WATCH IT WITH: A young person in your life who hasn’t experienced it yet.
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