Jaws

3.00
    Jaws
    1975

    Synopsis

    When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.

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    Cast

    • Roy ScheiderPolice Chief Martin Brody
    • Robert ShawQuint
    • Richard DreyfussMatt Hooper
    • Lorraine GaryEllen Brody
    • Murray HamiltonMayor Larry Vaughn
    • Carl GottliebMeadows
    • Jeffrey KramerHendricks
    • Susan BacklinieChrissie
    • Jonathan FilleyCassidy
    • Ted GrossmanEstuary Victim

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Chicago Sun-Times

      One of the most effective thrillers ever made.
    • 100

      Empire

      It was the complete nightmare that invented the "summer blockbuster", launched the genius on a global scale and delivered an astonishingly effective thriller built on a very primal level: fear.
    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      Steven Spielberg overcame the lumpy plotting of Peter Benchley's novel to create an efficient, graceful fright machine in Jaws.
    • 100

      ReelViews

      The first is the best. When it comes to this kind of thriller, no movie has been able to top Jaws, although many have tried. And, as the years go by, it seems increasingly unlikely that anything will come close.
    • 100

      Variety

      Robert Shaw [is] absolutely magnificent as a coarse fisherman finally hired to locate the Great White Shark; and Richard Dreyfuss, in another excellent characterization as a likeable young scientist.
    • 100

      CineVue

      Importantly, Spielberg instinctively knows exactly when to keep his camera still and allow what's in front of it to take precedence.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      If you think about Jaws for more than 45 seconds you will recognize it as nonsense, but it's the sort of nonsense that can be a good deal of fun, if you like to have the wits scared out of you at irregular intervals.
    • 80

      TV Guide Magazine

      From the outrageously frightening opening--in which a beautiful young woman skinny-dipping in the moonlight is devoured by the unseen shark--to the claustrophobic climax aboard Quint's fishing boat, Spielberg has us in his grip and rarely lets go.

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