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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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Think Gremlins and Toy Story -- but aim lower -- and you've got the idea.

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As with many films in which special effects are the real stars, the technology here commands more respect and interest than the material otherwise warrants.

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...aside from some funny puns (most of which have already been spoiled by the TV spots) and some pop-culture references that no child and most adults won't understand, Small Soldiers just isn't funny enough.

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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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A charmless and often mean-spirited 'kids' movie' that no kid under eight should be taken to see.

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