"The Goonies," Part II

Rating: 1/10 (16 June 2002)

Children's fantasies reached high tide in the early '80's, but by 1985's "The Goonies," the run was over. The genre was exhausted. Except for the technology, nothing is new.
It should not come as a surprise to anyone that director Chris Columbus co-wrote "The Goonies." This explains why so much of "Harry Potter" consists of Ritalin-driven 11-year-olds emitting long howls of . . . . . what? Anguish? Surprise? Revulsion? One is never quite sure.
It's just an awful movie.
What need or needs does a movie like this fill in the lives of so many millions? It is baffling.