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Goonies critique questions Spielberg’s family fantasy
Ed Blank surveys Steven Spielberg’s The Goonies as a misfire, arguing the kid ensemble lacks charm and smacks of pandering. He questions the film’s tone, violence, and sentimentality, contrasting it with Spielberg’s earlier successes like E T and Raiders of the Lost Ark and noting the unwelcome humor and use of Korngold music.
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Ed Blank
Steven Spielberg
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Sugarland Express
Chris Columbus
Fox
Jeff B. Cohen
Chunk
Hardy Boys
Goonies
Richard Donner
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Ke Huy-Quan
Indiana Jones
Josh Brolin
James Brolin
Martha Plimpton
Keith Carradine
Spielberg
Pittsburgh Press