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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down the rogue and destroy it: the .. Read more

Starring	Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary
Director	Steven Spielberg
Genres	Thriller

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- In the exploitation-hungry seventies this film took more money than any other. In itself, despite genuinely suspenseful and frightening sequences, it is a slackly narrated and sometimes flatly handled thriller with an over-abundance of dialogue and, when
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  A "must-see" film but, for me, there is something that stops it reaching cinematic heights.
  
  I thought about rating this film as 3 Stars but finally decided that the extra half Star is warranted by this biggest profit-making movie of the 1970s.
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  The greatest movie ever made.
  
  My favourite movie of all time, The cast and script are note perfect and the character development is second to none. Couple that with excellent pacing and ... read more »
  
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- - LeeGee
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  - Newton Abbot
  - 20 Jan 2012 at 14:33
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  A "must-see" film but, for me, there is something that stops it reaching cinematic heights.
  
  I thought about rating this film as 3 Stars but finally decided that the extra half Star is warranted by this biggest profit-making movie of the 1970s.
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  - suffolk
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 01:11
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  Heads, shoulders, knees and toes....and that's just for starters
  
  The shark’s a duff and John Williams’s music saves the movie to some extent but for me this film’s also about the actors’ as well as ... read more »
  
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- - Svelling
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  - Altrincham
  - 06 Nov 2011 at 13:25
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  Best film ever
  
  Fantastic. petrafied me as a child. Still scares me now. The characters are likable the script is immense and incidental music a universal classic. I have seen ... read more »
  
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- - tinkerbe11
  - 3 reviews
  - 12 Oct 2011 at 13:26
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  masterpiece of suspense
  
  The thing to understand about this film is that is a masterpiece of building up suspense. The graphics isn't great but I defy anyone to watch this film ... read more »
  
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- - samandsteve
  - 4 reviews
  - 27 May 2011 at 17:51
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  Best Shark Film Ever!
  
  Worlds best shark film non of the sequels match this one it is a film that you have to watch about ten times in your life! Its scary its gory and it keeps you ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Apr 2011 at 19:29
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  A bit dated but worthwhile classic.
  
  Classic early Spielberg. Cleverly filmed considering this film was pre-CGI. The shark footage is either of a mechanical shark, or a real great white shark ... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
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  - Oxford
  - 23 Jan 2011 at 17:21
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  AWESOME MOVIE
  
  i loved it it was rilly good but i think it shord be a age 15 because there is a bit of blood i mean its not gorry im just saying lol but yeah i loved it
  
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  - basingstoke
  - 22 Nov 2010 at 17:59
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  Duuuhhhh nuuuuhhh. Duuuuuuuuhhhhh nuuhh. Duh-nuh. Duh-nuh. Duh-nuh. Duh-nuh....etc.
  
  Is Jaws the single greatest film ever made between the mid 70s and mid 80s, my own personal cinematic golden age? Probably. Although The Thing, Mad Max, Dawn of... read more »
  
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- - Steesh
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  - Hebburn, Tyne and WEAR
  - 28 Sep 2010 at 14:07
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  Offishally fantastic!
  
  Jaws is without doubt one of the greatest films of all time.
  
  Amity Island is under seige by a killer shark and whether the mayor likes it or not ... read more »
  
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  A "must-see" film but, for me, there is something that stops it reaching cinematic heights.
  
  I thought about rating this film as 3 Stars but finally decided that the extra half Star is warranted by this biggest profit-making movie of the 1970s.
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  - suffolk
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 01:11
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  We need a bigger boat
  
  Principally, 'Jaws' is about a huge shark terrorizing a commonly serene coastal town up in the north-eastern United States. After the attacks grow to be... read more »
  
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- - JediSi
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  - 03 Sep 2007 at 22:16
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  They don't make em' like they used to!
  
  I pride myself on the number of films I've seen, and without wanting to sound like a fool, I've seen a few. But if there’s one film in my ... read more »
  
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- - MightyMac
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  - 21 Jan 2004 at 10:43
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  All Time Classic
  
  A classic, one of Spielberg's finest if not his finest work.
  
  A movie I've watched many times in the past on TV or worn out old videotape. ... read more »
  
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- - DeadMeatGF
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  - Derby
  - 21 Jun 2004 at 12:42
- - 5
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  Something fishy
  
  Jaws is about a shark that eats people. Its a nasty shark with big teeth and Scary eyes.
  
  But seriously this is one of the best Shark films about. ... read more »
  
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  - 07 May 2006 at 13:44
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  Dur dum, dur dum dur dum
  
  This film is one of the ones that gave me nightmares as a child-and now at 22 I still in over 50 viewings of the film, been able to watch the 'eye balls'... read more »
  
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  - wolves, uk
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 00:55
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  Still keeps you on edge
  
  The one and only, all time classic of originals. The film that everyone just has to have that top up with from time to time, but still keeps you on edge!
  
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  - 14 Mar 2004 at 19:31
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  JAWS still has bite
  
  Ok its old and the shark does look like it has been made out of cheap foam and plastic.
  
  I have to say the build up and the music still have you on ... read more »
  
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- - Paul
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  A True Classic
  
  This film is definitely in my top ten all time favourite films; it’s a work of genius! I have watched it on more than one occasion, in fact probably 100 ... read more »
  
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- - Kirst1
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  - 02 Jul 2004 at 11:35
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  The first and the best
  
  A little dated now. However,I like a lot of my generation were put of swimming in the sea because of this film, for myself I was 8 years old when I first saw it... read more »
  
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  - 30 Apr 2005 at 13:07

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  From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ...