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Young Billy Peltzer's (Zach Galligan) everyday smalltown life is given a lift when his travelling salesman father Rand (Hoyt Axton) buys him the ultimate Christmas gift in a far-off Chinatown--the mogwai--an adorable little big-eared, furry, brown and white creature. But the old man who sold the creature gave three rules that .. Read more

Starring	Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday
Director	Joe Dante
Genres	Comedy, Horror

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- Juvenile horror comic, a kind of deliberate inversion of E.T. Slow to start, and a little too knowingly nasty, with variable special effects; but a pretty hot commercial success.
- 30221
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  Oh, I'm so old!!
  
  I was a bit concerned that after seeing this the first time it came out I was wanting to watch it again! But I ordered it anyway.
  
  I get home from ... read more »
  
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  - McCowboy
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 05 Feb 2004 at 19:48
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  totally brilliant
  
  brilliant film for all the family.
  
  good action, good storyline very cute Gizmo, really funny and brilliant, defo a must see
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 758 reviews
  - uk
  - 04 Mar 2012 at 16:08
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  Fun whe I was a kid
  
  I rented this movie, as somehow I hadn't seen it really since I was a kid, in maybe 20 years or so.
  
  While it was fun to watch (and reminisce) the... read more »
  
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- - Dominic Osborne
  - Sedgley
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 09:52
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  don't get any food stuck in your teeth
  
  This is a great movie and i loved it as a kid
  
  and i can't believe the other reviews wife called this crap
  
  this is a classic in my eyes... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 10 Oct 2011 at 06:50
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  Gremlins 1984
  
  Gremlins 1984 – superb movie, one for all the family to sit and watch together. If at the end you don’t all want a Gizmo then the film wasn’t for... read more »
  
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- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 17 Aug 2010 at 12:33
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  Classic!
  
  Great film, classic film, one that will bring back memories of your childhood. Definitely recommendable!
  
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- - cwoodhams
  - 23 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Feb 2010 at 00:32
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  Keep as a childhood memory
  
  If you saw this film when you were young it was amazing so I recommend it if you are under ten. For those who want to recapture your childhood don't. It'... read more »
  
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- - timopumps
  - 4 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 04 Nov 2009 at 13:32
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  Alternative uses for a microwave...
  
  Who said you cant put metal objects and randomly organic creatures in the microwave? This film will make you smile and cringe like no other... some bits are ... read more »
  
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  - Chobham, England
  - 21 Aug 2009 at 09:45
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  Gremlins live on
  
  Got for kid's as thought they'd enjoy it.... they did
  
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  - Hartfield
  - 28 Feb 2009 at 12:17
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  Kids loved it
  
  Rented this for the kids to see and they loved it more than most of the current kids films! Went out and bought both DVds straight after!
  
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- - Jan180
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  - Crawley
  - 09 Feb 2009 at 13:25
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  gremlins
  
  A must see classic for the children, some funny scenes.
  
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  - Ripon
  - 12 Dec 2008 at 14:52
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  Oh, I'm so old!!
  
  I was a bit concerned that after seeing this the first time it came out I was wanting to watch it again! But I ordered it anyway.
  
  I get home from ... read more »
  
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  - McCowboy
  - Aberdeenshire
  - 05 Feb 2004 at 19:48
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  superb..................
  
  this dvd is superb. Gremlins is the story of an inventor, who whilst peddling his wares in Chinatown at Christmas time comes across a shop, and decides to buy a... read more »
  
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- - williamsgwynfa
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  - gwaenysgor
  - 11 Aug 2007 at 15:38
- - 5
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  BRIGHT LIGHT!
  
  This is a gleefully mischievous movie, in which director Joe Dante envisages a perfect American small town, then introduces malicious Gremlins into the mix and ... read more »
  
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  - Dorset
  - 21 Sep 2003 at 16:26
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  Wicked wicked wicked ...
  
  Wicked wicked wicked wicked wicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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  - CHURCH VILLAGE
  - 08 Jul 2004 at 21:07
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  KEWL (READ ME)
  
  hi. mi name is charly and i am 13. usually i dnt like old peoples films but my mum said that this is good so i watched it and it was one of the best films i ... read more »
  
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- - Charly Baybee
  - Cardiff-Wales
  - 09 Jul 2007 at 17:59
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  Quite fun family film
  
  I rented this for the kids and although I saw it years ago it still struck me as quite comical in places. Quite fun family entertainment.
  
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- - Shaz1969
  - London
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 22:42
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  was good in its day
  
  this is a good kids film was good when it came out watched it again but for me just not the same
  
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- - a customer
  - london
  - 26 Oct 2006 at 20:46
- - 2
  - 2
  A funny classsic
  
  If you like humour mixed in with horror then you'll love this film. A son is given a gremlin (Gizmo) by his father, he then disobeys the instructions and ... read more »
  
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- - David Reid
  - High Wycombe, England
  - 24 Jan 2004 at 19:07
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  loved this
  
  this is a great film for young and old
  
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  - ni
  - 05 Sep 2004 at 19:07
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  It's a modern classic
  
  The person from Leicester who gave this 2 stars, if you had to hear about gremlins your knowledge of films is so low you've no right to pass judgement on ... read more »
  
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- - chris
  - Cardiff
  - 13 Oct 2004 at 11:41

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Critics' reviews
- Juvenile horror comic, a kind of deliberate inversion of E.T. Slow to start, and a little too knowingly nasty, with variable special effects; but a pretty hot commercial success.
- 30221
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
- With a characteristic mix of narrative anarchy, cinephile allusion, cartoon-style slapstick and black-tinged comedy,... read more on Time Out
- 43350
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
- "...A wiseacre mixture of movie-buff jokes, movie genres and movie sensibilities....An orgy of special effects..."
- 7717
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Director Joe Dante is in full control of his extraordinarily realistic mechanical creatures..."
- 7718
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  Young Billy Peltzer's (Zach Galligan) everyday smalltown life is given a lift when his travelling salesman father Rand (Hoyt Axton) buys him the ultimate Christmas gift in a far-off Chinatown--the mogwai--an adorable little big-eared, furry, brown and white creature. But the old man who sold the ...

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