The movie is just about everything viewers could hope it would be: Intelligently written, ably acted, beautifully filmed, excitingly edited and, above all, the scariest big-budget extravaganza since The Exorcist.

| Feb 25, 2025

It is this political thread that, in my opinion, turns Jaws from a b-movie monster flick into a masterpiece, as it hides vitamins and nutrients in among the fast food pleasure of shark attacks.

| Jan 11, 2025

Infinitely watchable...

| Oct 24, 2024

It’s a scrappy 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.

| Jul 25, 2024

It is a thriller, according to the classic distinction, of surprise rather than suspense. You feel like a rat, being given shock treatment, who has not yet figured out what to do to call off the buzzers.

| Jul 2, 2024

Spielberg touches 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.

| Jul 2, 2024

The film's punch doesn't rely on unmitigated gore. Spielberg is inclined to tease us with false alarms so that the real thing explodes with heart-stopping shock.

| Jul 2, 2024

Most movies that come within a mile of this one's technical expertise hardly bother with such matters as logical human motivations, strong and unhammy acting and believable characters. Jaws, on the contrary, is rich in all of these.

| Jul 2, 2024

In what may be the best example of the "disaster" movie trend thus far, the setting is not a towering inferno nor a crippled airliner but a quiet resort town terrorized by an ancient, primitive and universal fear.

| Jul 2, 2024

The Marquis de Sade was offended by what he called the cruel indifference of nature... And it is this same indifference that makes Jaws so terrifying and sickening.

| Jul 2, 2024

The novelty is thin; and if it weren't for the huge national publicity campaign which tells you I'm out of my mind, I'd say it's routine stuff.

| Jul 2, 2024

The first of an anticipated series of summer blockbuster films, Jaws pricks a psychological nerve, and is commercial, gory, and well enough produced to draw turn-away crowds.

| Jul 2, 2024

Unquestionably Jaws is going to be the summer's blockbuster. It's a terrifying experience and much of its horror lingers in your head long after you've seen it.

| Jul 2, 2024

Ultimately, the success of Jaws, and it is surely going to be a huge hit, rests with Spielberg. He has given the film such a ruthless intensity that it wallops even members of the audience who know everything that's going to happen.

| Jul 2, 2024

A movie that will jolt you out of your seat more than once. From beginning to end the suspense rarely lets up.

| Jul 2, 2024

Jaws will make you go home and burn your bathing suits and stay away from the tub. But don't stay away from the film. It's a real blockbuster, alive with drama and excitement.

| Jul 2, 2024

In directing Jaws, 27-year-old Steven Spielberg quickly thrusts himself into the front of the pack of skillful moviemakers. He attempts to balance the horror with humor, surprising us with terror at every other turn.

| Jul 2, 2024

A good commercial movie is one thing, however, and a good movie is another thing entirely. Jaws, like very few other major screen efforts, is both.

| Jul 2, 2024

One of the most terrifying films I have ever seen and one that could do for the Jersey Shore what botulism did for the Bon Vivant soup company some time ago.

| Jul 2, 2024

There isn't an ounce of dead wood in it; it is the sum total of thousands of 'effects' (special and otherwise) tested and tuned to produce the desired response in the audience. Jaws is a landmark of modem cinematic engineering.

| Jul 2, 2024