Small Soldiers 1998

Critics score:
48 / 100

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Susan Stark, Detroit News: ...wildly entertaining... Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: As with many films in which special effects are the real stars, the technology here commands more respect and interest than the material otherwise warrants. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Though it starts promisingly, the picture ends as a standoff between the affection Dante and company bring to the project and its increasingly frenetic and tiresome emphasis on what special effects can make its little people do. Read more

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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: ...this smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: I can't think of a Hollywood entertainment I've enjoyed as much all year, and both audiences I saw the movie with seemed delighted as well. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: As absurd as the premise might seem, Small Soldiers works for two primary reasons: the visual effects ... are entirely convincing and the script ... never takes its tongue out of its cheek. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What bothered me most about Small Soldiers is that it didn't tell me where to stand--what attitude to adopt. Read more

Scott Rosenberg, Salon.com: Fortunately, it's possible to ignore the morals entirely and simply enjoy the filmmakers' skill at creating carefully contained mayhem in a microcosm. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: This live-action, animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more