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An energetic, sometimes noisy mix of Speilbergian sentiment and funhouse tricks that will appeal to kids and nostalgic adults alike.
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The Goonies has a rich and indomitable air of all-American innocence... April 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Goonies has a rich and indomitable air of all-American innocence...
Peter Bradshaw
"The Goonies" is the kind of hyperactive peril-packed movie young audiences can't resist. June 6, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"The Goonies" is the kind of hyperactive peril-packed movie young audiences can't resist.
Kathleen Carroll
The action at the center of Chris Columbus' script occasionally falters and generally feels manufactured, but the kids go about their chores as if convinced that all their make-believe is true. June 8, 2015 | Full Review…
The action at the center of Chris Columbus' script occasionally falters and generally feels manufactured, but the kids go about their chores as if convinced that all their make-believe is true.
Arthur Knight
It's a charmless exercise: director Richard Donner turns the kids into shrieking ferrets, and his jumpy cutting seems to lag behind the action deliberately in a curious attempt to make the film seem more chaotic and cluttered. February 1, 2007 | Full Review…
It's a charmless exercise: director Richard Donner turns the kids into shrieking ferrets, and his jumpy cutting seems to lag behind the action deliberately in a curious attempt to make the film seem more chaotic and cluttered.
Dave Kehr
While the pre-pubescents continually scream, their doting parents prove equally odious in a finale of astounding sentimentality. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
While the pre-pubescents continually scream, their doting parents prove equally odious in a finale of astounding sentimentality.
Derek Adams
The Goonies is a smooth mixture of the usual ingredients from Steven Spielberg action movies, made special because of the high-energy performances of the kids who have the adventures. October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The Goonies is a smooth mixture of the usual ingredients from Steven Spielberg action movies, made special because of the high-energy performances of the kids who have the adventures.
Roger Ebert
With a story by Steven Spielberg, it's like being able to share the fun of Indiana Jones with your kids without all the monkey brains and eyeball soup. October 11, 2018 | Full Review…
With a story by Steven Spielberg, it's like being able to share the fun of Indiana Jones with your kids without all the monkey brains and eyeball soup.
Megan Basham
Persists as one of the great fables of young adult cinema not merely because it's very skilled at what it does, but because it weaves that magic into the minds and hearts of kids that serve as identifiable facets of our universal journey towards maturity. November 13, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Persists as one of the great fables of young adult cinema not merely because it's very skilled at what it does, but because it weaves that magic into the minds and hearts of kids that serve as identifiable facets of our universal journey towards maturity.
David Keyes
...true to the camaraderie of boys who have been left alone to roam on their bikes. June 16, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
...true to the camaraderie of boys who have been left alone to roam on their bikes.
Josh Larsen
classic mid-1980s Spielberg January 7, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
classic mid-1980s Spielberg
Kevin Carr
An excellent child oriented fantasy adventure in the vein of "The Hardy Boys." October 12, 2013 | Full Review…
An excellent child oriented fantasy adventure in the vein of "The Hardy Boys."
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A classic '80s action-fantasy -- tweens will love! December 15, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A classic '80s action-fantasy -- tweens will love!
Charles Cassady
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