Gremlins

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Gremlins

PG

1984

1h 46m

Holiday

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

Horror

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A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that decide to tear up the town on Christmas Eve.

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Critics Consensus

Whether you choose to see it as a statement on consumer culture or simply a special effects-heavy popcorn flick, Gremlins is a minor classic.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

12/06/2019

4/5

It is a wacky, satirical spectacle of chaos.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

12/06/2013

A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief.

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Peter Travers

People Magazine

12/06/2013

Here's the season's most delicious and unexpected surprise. Despite the horror-flick title, Gremlins is a movie of wicked wit and startling invention, and it has a heart that's at least a match for the special effects.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 12

The story is very funny, but remarkably devoid of Yuletide sentimentality.

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David Elliott

Copley News Service

Dec 13

"Gremlins" is often a gas, yet it's also long, indulgent and almost crushingly synthetic.

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Mike Studley

Liverpool Echo

Dec 8

The film is laughably bad in parts and distinctly unpleasant in others -- in fact, only if it had been well made as an obvious spoof could one have forgiven the excesses.

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B T

Dec 3

I've seen this movie a million times, but nothing like seeing it on the big screen!

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Mike d

01/09/2025

Cult classic and awesome on the big screen!

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Joanne

01/02/2025

I Absolutely love this movie! What a perfectly lovely showing with a looney toons short at the end. Gremlins never gets old or boring.

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chad

01/01/2025

Awesome movie even better reminds you how good life was how good it is now! They don’t make them like this anymore!

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Sarah F

12/18/2024

It’s Gremlins! Of course it is 5 stars.

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Felicia A

12/10/2024

Always so much fun! I love how the Mom is played. That woman doesn't hesitate she just grabs a knife.

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Synopsis

A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that decide to tear up the town on Christmas Eve.

Director: Joe Dante
Producer: Michael Finnell
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Holiday, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 1984, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 5, 2019
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 2, 2014
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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