This movie was so popular I doubt very much I need to offer any sort of re-cap, but for the sake of thoroughness, I will just say that this film is about a boy who finds a stray alien and decides to keep him. They become empathically bonded, and E.T. begins to suffer illness, possibley from ingesting whatever he finds in the fridge. When the authorities finally find E.T., they both he and the boy have become very ill. They do everything they can for them, but E.T. doesnt' get any better until his freinds return. He fakes his own death to get all the scientists out of the house, and then the kids smuggle him to the moutaintop where he boards his space ship and escapes.
ONe of my favoirte aspects fo this film is the accurate portrayal of chldren. They are not always loveable, but they are always honest.