satirical fun

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2004)

The original Gremlins movie is a delicious satire upon all those small-town Christmas fables that one associated with Frank Capra and Steven Spielberg (even though he never made one...except this, he's executive producer!) In post-ET 1984, a cute little critter comes into town with a set of rules that frankly don't make sense (isn't it always midnight somewhere?) Then he gives birth to Satan's own hordes and the fun and mayhem begin. From the bubbling swimming pool to the bulldozer to the speech about when Santa got stuck up the chimney, this is one big heap of laughs.