E.T. Themes

Let's be real: E.T. isn't exactly a looker—at least not according to Earth's standards of adorableness. He looks like a stack of Shar Pei puppies. While each person who meets E.T. reacts to him d...

The Sharks and the Jets. The Greasers and the Socs. The Gryffindors and the Slytherins. Film is full of famous rivalries, and E.T. pits the children against the adults. Not in any physical way, of...

Communication and understanding go together like Gertie's cowgirl costume and Halloween. In E.T., Elliott and E.T. struggle to communicate at first. They're from enormously different backgrounds. B...

What if we told you that E.T. is a film about two pint-sized aliens? Hear us out: E.T. is a literal alien. Obviously. He's not from around here, and he doesn't exactly fit in. But Elliott is also a...

At its glowing red heart, E.T. is a film about friendship. Elliott and E.T. are a tightknit pair from wildly different backgrounds, and their bond is grounded in love, loyalty, compassion, teamwork...