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Small Soldiers (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 40

Fresh: 19

Rotten:21

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the... A toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they've employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for themselves and engaging in real combat. The Commando Elite (belligerent war toys) vow to wipe out the Gorgonites (kindhearted misfit fantasy creature figures) in a suburban neighborhood. A young boy, with the help of the kind Gorgonites, must protect his home and family from the Commandos. Listen for the voices of Spinal Tap (Mike McKean, Chris Guest, and Harry Shearer) as Gorgonite Voices as well as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci (as the voices of evil, mutated Barbie dolls). [More]

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Gregory Edward Smith, Jay Mohr

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Gregory Edward Smith, Jay Mohr, Denis Leary, Kevin Dunn, Ann Magnuson, David Cross, Dick Miller, Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, Ernest Borgnine, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Jim Brown, Bruce Dern, George Kennedy, Clint Walker, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Ricci

Director: Joe Dante

Director: Joe Dante
Screenwriter: Gavin Scott, Adam Rifkin, Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
Producer: Michael Finnell, Colin Wilson
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Jul 6, 1999

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Smart satirical action-comedy about talking action toys.

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04/07/07
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

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12/06/05
Film Threat
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An infomercial with the schmaltz that passes for emotion in family-aimed films.

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10/20/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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Typical of Dante's films, Small Soldiers is an unbroken string of pop culture in-jokes.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
06/12/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

It looks like the movie was edited down from a much meaner version, to our loss.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Film Threat

...an entertaining romp...

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

The animation is excellent, and the voice cast alone is worth the price of admission...

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06/05/02
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

...this smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch.

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04/12/02
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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02/27/01
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Though it starts promisingly, the picture ends as a standoff between the affection Dante and company bring to the project and its increasingly frenetic and tiresome emphasis on what special effects can make its little people do.

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02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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01/01/01
Robert Roten
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G.I. Joe goes ballistic in Dante's smart, witty hybrid of Toy Story and his own Gremlins.

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This live-action, animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own.

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Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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...for all its shortcomings, the end result is quite entertaining.

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Caroline Westbrook
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