Had some fun moments, but it hasn't aged well

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2013)

Gremlins is considered a classic film from the 80s with fans from many generations and loved for its violence and humour and helped forced the creation of the PG-13 rating in America. But it a film that has not aged as well as some people think it has, having a jarring tone between the cutey humour to the dark humour and horror elements. For a film of the time it had great special effects, using animatronics and stop-motion animation and the sequence when we see the Gremlins get killed is gory fun (it was the best in the film). But Gremlins was not funny enough, either relying on slapstick and physical humour to misjudged dark comedy which made me more concerned about how many people died or were injured. The acting from everyone was perfectly fine and Joe Dante did direct at a brisk pace, Gizmo was a cute creation and there is certainly a message against exotic pet ownership, but I could not love it like some other people do.