Few films can manifest such lasting fear as Jaws does. It's a film that moves with complete and utter confidence, creating as much tension with all you don't see as it does with what you do. Spielberg teases us with false alarms, amazingly balancing the horror with humor, so that the real thing explodes with heart-stopping shock, pricking a psychological nerve and touching that central mystery that has always drawn men to the last earthly frontier: the image of an unfathomable, impenetrable deep full of terror beyond our reckoning. The isolated setting is perfectly crafted, one where you can almost feel the sun on your face, smell the ocean, taste the blood and sense the terror. One that's helped enormously by John Williams' timeless score, the impeccable writing, and superb acting skills and chemistry of its three leads. Scheider, Dreyfuss, and Shaw each possess a magnetic screen presence, owning each of their respective roles. It's an utterly fantastic cast. Often imitated but never bettered, the cruel indifference of nature is ultimately what makes Jaws so terrifying. There isn't an ounce of dead wood in it; far from personal, instead as slick as sharkskin, playing with its audience like toy sailboats in an unfathomable sea.
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Film Critic:
Unregistered Guest
Reviewed on: 07/16/2025 |
My rating:
The quintessential summer blockbuster. Even 50 years later after a rewatch, it feels the same. A long gone era of practical effects out of necessity coupled with a gripping score. (John Williams can’t be bested). Spielberg expertly crafts suspense through his uses of camera techniques, like filming scenes in water from the water. This perspective gives the audience a heightened sense of terror and suspense as they feel in the water, and are so close to being able to see what’s beneath it…but just can’t! This may very well be the greatest suspense movie ever made. It certainly is in the conversation and created a style that is attempted to be mimicked today.
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Film Critic:
Ron Verrazzani
Reviewed on: 06/15/2025 |
My rating:
This sci-fi film tried desperately to be a cosmic mind-bender but all that was created was a poorly acted daytime soap opera with some of the worst special effects since 1973. In addition to the bad story line, there was so much hard-to-understand dialog that I found myself in a yawning frenzy within the first 20 minutes of the film. I was surprised that Aaron Paul even considered this role (I guess he had some bills to pay) but no one actor stood out in this ensemble, each over-doing the acting enough to make you wince, gag and laugh out loud. Overall, a bad choice if you're looking for something on the level of the "Alien" franchise. But this one doesn't even come close.
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Film Critic:
Renee Thornton
Reviewed on: 04/26/2025 |
My rating:
I thought everything about the movie was well done. Timothée Chalamet was amazing as Bob Dylan. The fact that he actually sang all the songs, played the harmonica and the guitar is just incredible. What a show of his talent and devotion to his craft. Also the actress who played Joan Baez, Monica Barbaro was really good. Would actually watch it again.
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