After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind has generally received very positive reviews.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released in 1977 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 761 reviews, giving Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 84%.
With a score of 80%, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1977, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1977 with similar scores include films like Stroszek and Scum.
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