4/4  Classic
So, the special effects may not completely stand the test of time . . . however the great thing about Jaws is that the story is so great and creepy you don't need great special effects. The story scares you not the animatronic shark. A re... (read full)

4/4  Jaws is one hell of a film.
Jaws is one of the best movie that is directed by Steven Spielberg (favorite director). This film is what horror should be which is not seeing the monster almost the whole movie. This film Roy schider who awesome in this movie as the chief... (read full)

3.5/4  Don't go into the water!! They bite! They bite BIG
Simple and rewarding story, based on Peter Benchley's best-selling novel, of rogue great white shark that feeds on the swimmers in the water off Amity Island. A masterpiece indeed by the masterful Steven Spielberg.The island's police chief... (read full)

4/4  We're gonna need a bigger boat...
Usually considered the first blockbuster, Jaws was the beginning of a certain director by the name of Steven Spielberg...and thankfully Jaws wasn't the last of him. How Robert Shaw didn't get an Oscar for his performance as Quint, I'll nev... (read full)

4/4  CAN YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR LEGS?
It's a good thing that both the novel writer and film screenplay writer was one and the same: PETER BENCHLEY.
With SPIELBERG steering the whole production this monumental masterpiece deserved its place in the archives of the classic. Sp... (read full)

4/4  Jaws-The Godfather of Shark Movies
The fact that it's a classic owes all to the brilliant performances from the entire cast, the mix of drama and suspense (with the precise touches of gore), combined with the efforts of Bruce the Mechanical Shark, Jaws offered audiences of ... (read full)

2.5/4  Jaws Quick Review
I used to love this film a lot more, but I have seen it way too many times. It is my entire familes favorite film I think, haha. I still respect it though. That's why I put it on my list. Great music and cover art. Good film.

3.5/4  Jaws Quick Review
A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.


4/4  Jaws Quick Review
One of my all time favorites as a child and adult. A classic...

3.5/4  Jaws Quick Review
Still packs a "bite" after 30+ years. RIP Roy.

3.5/4  Jaws Quick Review
Sure, it looks dated now, but tell me that if you watch this you don't feel a little less confident about swimming. The score is classic and it has some killer lines. This is what a blockbuster should be.

2/4  Jaws Quick Review
Not scary, but sometimes fun to watch. The shark looks fake, see this only for its historical value (we owe summer blockbusters to this movie - boy, that?s great...)

4/5 Great film!
  by J. Reid
Seen this a long time ago when I was a kid and it's still a lot of fun to watch now. Visuals are not that great of course, but the humor is funny and there are lots of interesting "fun facts" to learn about various parts of the film.

5/5 Jaws in THE CLASSIC MOVIE
  by Stephanie Fowler (Lebanon, TN)
If you don't have Jaws in your movie collection, you aint got a movie collection!!! Jaws is the absolute best movie to scare the pa-jesus out of you kids with. I love Alan Brody...yum. I watch this movie once a month. Love it! The DVD got here and was in perfect condition. Thanks Amazon!

5/5 Great, True Horror Film
  by TSabonis (Sioux City, IA, USA)
The Film:
Jaws, as most of us know is the story of a lonely shark looking for love ... or it is the story of a vicious eating machine with a penchant for the dramatic. Hailed as an all time classic by most, this is the film that put Spielberg on the map. The emotion from the characters jumps out and grabs you. You can feel the fear and the sorrow in everyone. Not much can be written about it here that has not already been seen elsewhere. I would qualify this as a horror movie. The dramatic tension and the build up creates a real presence of fear and horror, that today's special effects driven splatter fests cannot even dream of achieving
About the DVD:
While this is only a one disc edition, they still had room to include a making of featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes, trailers and a trivia game and a screen saver. A fine assortment of toys that would round out any film, but accent this one perfectly.
T


1/5 Still a classic.
  by Curt Remmel (New York)
I watched this film for the first time when I was 8 years old and that was in 1979. It was playing in a holiday resort cinema at the time. A real run of the mill movie by the time I seen it, so even though I was so young and on my own, it was ok to go in and watch it. I ran out of the cinema and back to our apartment when I seen the head scene. I had nightmares for weeks afterwards. Since then I've seen this classic countless times and I enjoy it every time. There's just something about the atmosphere in the film that I find infectious. The casting is the most natural I've seen. Each of the main characters is so believable, different and interesting in their own way. A tired middle aged cop from New York, a young rich scientist in love with his work, and an old weather beaten shark fisherman with scars to remember most of his encounters. I've yet to see interaction like this between 3 actors. The love\hate atmosphere on the boat is just gripping. I bought the DVD version for my kids. I'd rather the original because in the DVD version in the scene before they sing; `Show me the way to go home', the whale sound effect is smudged out and replaced with a more 90's politically correct whale sound. I thought the original effect added much more to the atmosphere of the film. But it is cool to see it digitally touched up. And what about the Score? Is there a more memorable score for a movie? Space Odyssey 2001 springs to mind but even that masterpiece borrows from the classical world. That music was not written for that film. I loved the book too, but I have to say the movie is better. I know it's strange but it's true. I love movies but I've yet to get the same level of enjoyment from a movie as I did from Jaws. And that includes E.T., Close Encounters, Star Wars and so on. Jaws is a marvel. I'm glad I was so young when I first seen it because it probably wouldn't have had the affect on me that it had had I watched it at an older age. Ok in hindsight and if you like nitpicking you can find a few things wrong with this film. Like the missing chair after the scene were they caught something with the fishing rod, or it wasn't really summer when the filmed it. Big deal! Movies like this are about imagination aren't they? These inconsistencies had to be pointed out to me before I could see them for myself. In my opinion a good movie with no directing or editing errors is not what makes it good movie. Jaws is King and very underrated in my opinion.

5/5 JAWS bites... in a good way
  by Janet Martin Del Campo (Visalia, CA)
i thought this movie was A+ when i saw it i sure wasnt scared of the water but i'll tell you waht, i was scared of sharks. once again the master george lucas brings us A+ effects, i wish i could give it 6 stars instead of 5 but thats how life is i guess.