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... [More]
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Gregory Edward Smith, Jay Mohr
Director: Joe Dante
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Reviews for Small Soldiers
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Smart satirical action-comedy about talking action toys. Full Review |
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An infomercial with the schmaltz that passes for emotion in family-aimed films. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Typical of Dante's films, Small Soldiers is an unbroken string of pop culture in-jokes. Full Review |
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2/5 |
It looks like the movie was edited down from a much meaner version, to our loss. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...an entertaining romp... Full Review |
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3/5 |
The animation is excellent, and the voice cast alone is worth the price of admission... Full Review |
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2/4 |
...this smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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G.I. Joe goes ballistic in Dante's smart, witty hybrid of Toy Story and his own Gremlins. Full Review |
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3/4 |
This live-action, animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own. Full Review |
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...for all its shortcomings, the end result is quite entertaining. Full Review |
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