Small Soldiers
After military manufactured computer chips are put in a line of action figures, they end up with minds of their own and try to invade an Ohio suburb, and do battle with another line of toys that have the same chips.
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April 07, 2007
Smart satirical action-comedy about talking action toys.
February 14, 2001
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.
January 01, 2000
This live-action, animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own.
October 20, 2005
An infomercial with the schmaltz that passes for emotion in family-aimed films.
October 08, 2014
Small Soldiers deserves to be re-evaluated, which fortunately also means that it can finally be enjoyed, too.
April 12, 2002
...this smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch.
January 01, 2000
What bothered me most about Small Soldiers is that it didn't tell me where to stand--what attitude to adopt.
October 07, 2013
Works as an adventure film and another fine Joe Dante creature feature...
December 08, 2002
It looks like the movie was edited down from a much meaner version, to our loss.
January 01, 2000
...wildly entertaining...
June 12, 2003
Typical of Dante's films, Small Soldiers is an unbroken string of pop culture in-jokes.
January 01, 2000
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.
