Our lasting memory of E.T. the film is having to leave the cinema in tears at about the point the eponymous alien has turned an unhealthy shade of grey in a freezer.We should make clear we were very young.
We didn't find out that E.T. went on to make a recovery until we dared to watch it again at about the age of 18. Up until then, we'd simply assumed it was just a horrible film and that Steven Spielberg was out to psychologically damage little children.
