Small Soldiers (1998)
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Joe Dante
Written By: Adam Rifkin, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Gavin Scott
Starring: Bruce Dern, David Cross, Tommy Lee Jones, Christina Ricci, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Denis Leary, Christopher Guest, Jay Mohr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Gregory Smith, Phil Hartman
Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
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Alex Watkins | 4 70% |
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When you're a kid, this is awesome because it's cool toys blowing shit up. But it's actually pretty good satire.
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The Pirate | 58 14% |
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So...the people who own the rights to Barbie thought they shouldn't let her be in Toy Story, where she'd have most likely been treated with dignity and respect, but gave Small Soldiers, a movie that sees them stripped and brainwashed into psycho slaves, the thumbs up?!?!
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| 1 | Landstander | 5 34% |
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I was surprised to find it somewhat enjoyable; it got lost among the countless other computer-animated offerings at the time. Jonathan Rosenbaum also has an insanely high-brow interpretation at the Chicago Reader website; I wouldn't go that far but the film has a cleverness to it.
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Seryxa | 25 43% |
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A quirky satire on militarism and big business, overwhelmed by its own technological prowess in creating lifelike toys that caricature a liking for violence.
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Maaxwell | 60 40% |
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Joe Dante rehashes his winning Gremlins formula 14 years on, replacing murderous monsters with homicidal action figures. It hits most of the same beats but eschews the twisted, sadistic tone in favour of something more family friendly, which strips it of any real menace. It's a fun kids' film nonetheless, and the voice talent assembled is glorious.
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| 1 | Merv_Taylor | 90 74% |
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Gremlins 3
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ricozy | 35 13% |
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hehe, bunun bir de salak bir oyunu vardi.
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jodamico | 61 15% |
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Worth it all for Phil Hartman declaring "I think World War 2 was my favorite war."
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wetwillies | 80 37% |
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This one's fascinating. Toy Story with an edge and social commentary. It's not as endearing as Toy Story is, of course, but Toy Story doesn't have the brilliant Phil Hartman stating, "I think World War II was my favorite war" or Kirsten Dunst gleefully crushing action figures with a lawnmower.
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| 1 | foxforcefive | 81 20% |
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a little too far fetched and cheesy for my liking, but still relatively enjoyable. the action between the toys is fun, and i think this movie is helped out a lot by it's PG-13 rating.
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omgfridge | 9 92% |
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And beyond that? GORGON! This movie still rules. My friends and I can quote this movie start to finish. I don't care if I'm baised, I love every second of it.
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chemical404 | 61 62% |
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Oh, finally a movie that I found better than a majority of Criticker crowd! What was surprising for me, that this is not a kids' movie. It's kind of lost between serious and juvenile themes. Kids wouldn't understand commentary on capitalism and warmongering. Adults probably don't bother to look past toy soldiers. It's quite awesome film, really.
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| 1 | heandhishair | 34 11% |
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Never lived up to its potential.
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BillyShears | 65 42% |
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I think World War 2 was my favorite war.
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| 1 | close2nd | 10 1% |
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Horrendous! 'Nuff said!
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jstry | 40 18% |
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Curse words in a kids movie...not cool. A bit scary for the kiddies too, no?
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| 1 | Matthias99 | 75 18% |
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Cheesy. Real cheesy. Not godawful, but could have been a lot better.
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Anomaly | 68 45% |
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Tries to be too many things at once and ends up in a weird gulf between being a kid's film and an adult-oriented film. That's too bad, as once things get going it actually becomes pretty entertaining. It manages to find a grove that lets you worry less about the poor writing and acting, and it has a nice cynical satirical bent to it. Could have been great in the right hands.
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Bojangles | 10 2% |
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It's like Toy Story bred with some really really really shitty action movie. The result is a sterile mule.
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Pickpocket | 1 12% |
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I remember going to see this when it came out and people were protesting it. I have no idea why cause this is so dumb and bad.
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| 1 | mikeypain | 30 17% |
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Tommy Lee Jones fits perfectly with his character...that's probably the only reason it's scored this high.
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| 1 | despovoador | 55 30% |
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criticker once again hitting those forbidden memories..... this brings back a feeling of repressed and/or unacknowledged desire and i will NOT investigate why
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| Average Percentile 30.2% from 3668 Ratings |  |