Movie Information
Overall Rank: 11628
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 18
Theatrical Release Date: 01/29/1993
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 05/04/2010
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Kellie Martin
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Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 09/17/2022
Affectionately nostalgic comedy set during the Cuban Missile Crisis. How does Joe Dante lighten the mood? Giant bug movies of course. And some hijinks and mishaps related to budding teen romance. John Goodman is pretty funny in this, but the protagonist (played by Simon Fenton) wasn't bad either. Film aficionados will appreciate the homages that Dante makes to fifties b-movies or just reveling in satire aimed against Cold War paranoia.
Rating of
2/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/02/2012
John Goodman is easily the best thing about this Joe Dante film, which features his usual affectionate mix of B-movie homage and teenage coming of age. Not bad but very forgettable.
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