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Jaws

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Based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, Steven Spielberg's 1975 shark saga set the standard for the New Hollywood popcorn blockbuster while frightening millions of moviegoers out of the water. One early summer night on fictional Atlantic resort Amity Island, Chrissie decides to take a moonlight skinny dip while her friends party on the beach. Yanked suddenly below the ocean surface, she never returns. When pieces of her wash ashore, Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) suspects the worst, but Mayor...more

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Other Critics

4.0

79 out of 100 Metascore®

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For Families

12

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5

One of my top 3 films. by wherlingdirvish
Jaws is not about a killer shark. Rather, "[Jaws is] really about a guy who is sort of dealing with his place in the world ? his masculinity, with his family...

5

Wunderkind Speilberg Hits the Big Time by Best Movies by Farr
John Williams's unforgettable score and Spielberg's clever mounting of suspense recall the best of Hitchcock, and Scheider, Dreyfuss and Shaw make up an...

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