Gremlins
Cast
Zach Galligan as Billy Peltzer
Phoebe Cates as Kate Beringer
Hoyt Axton as Randall 'Rand' Peltzer, Inventor/Narrator
Frances Lee McCain as Lynn Peltzer
Polly Holliday as Mrs. Ruby Deagle
Directed by Joe Dante
Rater #2 has description and Review
Rater #1
7/10. An interesting movie. I've been told my people around me if they wanted to watch, and they all refused because they've seen it a half dozen times or more. They all loved it. I can see why. Though as Rater #2 says, they do extremely look like Furbies. I was saying to myself, "Those things are furbies, or at least the Furby was based off of this."
The technical part of this movie was actually pretty good. The Gremlins aka "furbies" moved very realisticly compared to the The Terminator's T-800. They must have gone through hundreds of these little gremlins to get each little pose right. I seriously think they moved better than E.T., but then again I haven't see n E.T. in a long time. I noticed Steven Spielberg made some references to his movies. The Indiana Jones style billboard and the E.T. doll in the toy store.
The main actors were fine, but didn't do much for me. None of them seemed familiar to me, and I could have almost had someone else play them instead. No one was particularly funny, and the only thing I really laughed at was the first Gremlin and all of the gremlins watching Snow White. I was scared when the first gremlin popped up too.
All in all, this was a good hearty movie. It will be passed down for all kids to watch and enjoy.
Rater #2
6/10. Cute furry creatures who talk in nonsense language and never shut up.
Furby? Nope, it's a Mogwai, a thing that a man, Randall Peltzer (Hoyt
Axton), buys from a Chinese man to give his son Billy (Zach Galligan)
for Christmas. Billy firstly enjoys it, after hearing the three rules
of taking care of them: don't put them in bright light, don't let
them get water on them, and don't feed them after midnight. Bright
light kills them, water makes them reproduce, and feeding them after
midnight makes them into monsters. So, of course, Zach breaks the
rules and wrecks havoc on his small town.
Cheesy but fun, Gremlins is a film that seems to just let go and play
along. The gremlins were very well made and didn't seem that
mechanical (and they do look like giant Furbies). People behind me
were talking about how they wanted one. Of course, until they turn
evil.
This is definately not a thinker's movie. If you just put your mind
on hold, it's a fun 100 minutes. If you over-analyze, it can get
confusing. Since this is a perfect description of a popcorn movie,
the characters leave something to be desired. Who is who? I don't
know. But in movies like this, you shouldn't care.
The main actors were all good, but it wasn't as funny as movies like
this should be. These should be laugh-during-their-adventures, not a-
few-laughs-let's-call-this-a-comedy. The stupidity of the characters
made most of the laughs.
Gremlins (and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) are the two
movies that caused the PG-13 rating to come into play, since the MPAA
decided that they were too violent for PG but not enough for R. I
understand what they mean (although most of the blood in this movie
is green and are the gremlins).
Cheesy and fun, but not very funny, Gremlins is a good time waster.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie
Rated PG for language, creature violence, and scary situations.
Running time: 106 minutes
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