Jaws
When a great white shark begins terrorizing a small beach town just before the start of summer, a police chief, a marine scientist, and a grizzled fisherman set out to hunt it down.
June 20, 1975 · Directed by Steven Spielberg
What's been said
Commonly credited as the first true summer blockbuster, with viewers praising how the slow-building tension still holds up decades later. The restraint of barely showing the shark is frequently called its genius. A few note the pacing drags in the middle act. Worth knowing the famously broken mechanical shark is what forced that restraint.
Will you actually like it?
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