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The Goonies

1985 1h 54m
Adventure Comedy Family
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.5/10
6,402 reviews
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The Goonies

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.

"They call themselves "The Goonies." The secret caves. The old lighthouse. The lost map. The treacherous traps. The hidden adventure. And Sloth… Join the adventure."

Top Billed Cast

Sean Astin
Sean Astin
Mikey
Josh Brolin
Josh Brolin
Brand
Jeff Cohen
Jeff Cohen
Chunk
Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman
Mouth
Kerri Green
Kerri Green
Andy
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Stef
Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan
Data
John Matuszak
John Matuszak
Sloth

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2019-01-07

Ah, kids adventure films, how fondly we remember.

In an effort to ward off property developers and save the Walsh's from having to move away. Mikey Walsh, Brand Walsh and their intrepid friends, set off to look for pirate treasure they believe exists after the discovery of a dust covered map.

Fun fun fun! Treasure, pirates, booby traps, crooks, weird cellar dwelling humans, water slides, wishing wells and budding teenager romances, The Goonies has it all.

Directed by Richard Donner and written by Steven Spielberg and Christopher Columbus, The Goonies is one of those rare animals that...

P Peter89Spencer Verified TMDB Critic
2020-07-20

Such a classic!

Glad they shown this at the cinema when it reopened - it looked amazing in the big screen!...

J JPV852 Verified TMDB Critic
2020-09-17

Second time seeing this and while it's not quite the classic in my book, still a fun family-adventure flick with some nice production design and a nice cast along with some great talent behind the camera with Spielberg producing (and story), Chris Columbus's script and Richard Donner directing. Added bonus for me being an Oregonian and this filmed in Astoria. **3.5/5**...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2022-12-26

I tried, I really did - but I didn't really like this. There are just far too many screeching, cacophonous, kids all talking over each other and after about twenty minutes I'd had about enough. It does get marginally better though, as these brats discover an ancient treasure map and have to compete with the menacing "Mama Fratelli" (Anne Ramsey) for the spoils. Robert Davi ("Jake") provides an additional slice of menace that could've been more effective had he been able to reduce the number of urchins a bit more effectively (indeed, a well placed rapier thrust could have belatedly rewarded us ...

B BornKnight Verified TMDB Critic
2023-12-07

A movie that marked one generation, of course most of the post-90's generations won't see the worth on it. But for the 80´s afternoon movies it was perfect.

Well done as most of Spielberg's movie are joined with a fantasy story with a bunch of kids like many other classics of that generation (Neverending Story Flight Of The Navigator, Back to the Future for example) that we don't see anymore.

The music of the music was a hit on that era and it generated a lot of videogames based on it. It is the sort of movie that kids around 10 would enjoy even to this day, as a family-friendly class...