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The Goonies (1985)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:12

Rotten:26

Average Rating:3.0/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one... A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the group, known as the Goonies, go in search of buried gold hoping against hope that if they find it, Mikey and Brand will succeed in keeping their home. [More]

Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton

Starring: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Kerri Green, Ke Huy Quan, Jeff B. Cohen, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Antin, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Davi, Anne Ramsey

Director: Richard Donner

Director: Richard Donner
Composer: John Williams

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Aug 21, 2001

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10/18/08
Empire Magazine

The movie starts out clamorously with a car chase and continues that way for most of its 114-minute running time.

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04/18/07
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The Goonies is one of the best "kid" movies ever, appealing to the part of us that always believed adventure was waiting around the next corner.

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09/01/06
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10/23/01
Derek M. Germano
Derek M. Germano
Cinema Laser

my generation's Gunga Din: ugly, patronizing, loud, slapstick, predictably popular, with a cheap redemption theme tacked on at the end to sweeten the fetid stew.

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10/22/01
Walter Chaw
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