Flixwatcher: A Netflix Film Review Podcast

Episode # 396 Extra-Terrestrial With James Lloyd and Steve Smith from the alcohol l-free revolution podcast

Published: 2 October 2025 at 00:34 Europe/London

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James Lloyd and Steve Smith from The Alcohol-Free Revolution podcast join Flixwatcher to review James’ choice E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

E.T (1982) is a sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Henry Thomas as Elliot, a boy who befriends E.T, who had accidentally been left on earth during a visit with his family. It also stars Dee Wallace as Henry’s mum Mary, Robert MacNaughton as Michael, Henry’s brother and in her debut role, Drew Barrymore as Gertie, the boys younger sister.

When ET, a small brown alien with big blue eyes, is left behind, Elliot finds him and takes him in. As they begin to bond they start sharing thoughts and emotions. Elliot with his brother Michael and sister Gertie’s help manage to hide ET from their mother and help ET make a device to phone home. It quickly becomes a race against the authorities when government agents locate ET.

Recommendability scores for ET were pretty high, for a film from the 1980s it has aged pretty well and ET scores 3.91 overall.

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