It is unlikely that anyone who sees this extraordinary new terror-adventure film, which was adapted from Peter Benchley's runaway best-seller of the same name, will ever again frolic in the ocean surf with quite the abandon of more carefree times.

So you've read the book and have yourself all braced for where the shocks and scares are going to come, right? Forget it. Director Steven Spielberg has outwitted you.

Jaws is undoubtedly trash, but it is trash of a particularly gratifying order; Jaws is absolutely top-drawer trash.

A real thriller-chiller has finally come to the screen.