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The Goonies

1985

Richard Donner

Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Martha Plimpton ...

7.3

74,057

Adventure The Goonies are a crazy bunch of misfit kids whose only hope of saving their neighbourhood from greedy developers who want to use the area to build a new golf course, is to find the lost treasure of a 17th Century pirate. With only a dusty map and their spirit of adventure they set off.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"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. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The Goonies has every imaginable funhouse flourish. It has crooks, bats, cobwebs, skeletons, a lovable monster, an underground grotto and a treasure hidden by some of the most considerate, clue-loving pirates who ever lived."	POS
United States	Arthur Knight The Hollywood Reporter	"The kids go about their chores as if convinced that all their make-believe is true (...) As usual with a Spielberg movie, 'The Goonies' abounds with visual excitement"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"[It is] so overloaded with Freudian imagery that the good doctor himself might feel embarrassed (...) It's a charmless exercise"	NEG
United Kingdom	Matt Andrews The Guardian	"It featured more casual swearing than a typical Disney movie of the period, but as a result it portrayed kids as real kids (...) This was a movie that had edge as well as a soft-hearted centre."	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"A rolicking good time is had by all in this adventure that is built on archetypal plot strands that tie together oh so well (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"[It] is the simplest and least satisfying of Spielberg’s suburban wonderment cycle (...) See it before puberty hits, and you’ll likely become a fan"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"The young leads (...) are a likeable bunch (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Sam Adams IndieWire	"An enormous pile of junk (...) You could say it changed my life — not by being great, but by being terrible."	NEG

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