MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Donner
Genres: Adventure
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Leonard Maltin wasn't alone when he noticed similarities between Goonies and the 1934 Our Gang comedy Mama's_Little_Pirate. Adapted by Chris_Columbus from a story by Steven_Spielberg, the film follows a group of misfit kids (including such second-generation Hollywoodites as Josh_Brolin and Sean_Astin) as they search for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of lady criminal Mama Fratelli (Anne_Ramsey) and her outlaw brood. Fortunately, the kids manage to befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son (John_Matuszak), who comes to their rescue. The Spielberg influence is most pronounced in the film's prologue and epilogue, when the viewer is advised that the film's real villains are a group of "Evil Land Developers." The musical score makes excellent use of Max_Steiner's main theme from The Adventures of Don Juan, not to mention contributions by the likes of Richard_Marx and Cyndi_Lauper. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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