The Goonies: Genre and Themes

As with every film,  The Goonies is a hodgepodge of elements borrowed from different genres: a series of intertwined different sets of expectations that the audience is to expect payoff on.   Usually, a movie gains an audience by appealing to fans of its genre, or genres, since, as I mentioned, most films contain more than

The Goonies: The Story

So, considering that this is a charming children’s adventure movie about a bunch of kids trying to save their town, opening up with a jailbreak is kind of an unusual move, but I’ll say this: at least it gets your attention. The movie starts outside a prison, where one of the inmates, Jake Fratelli, (Robert

The Goonies: Legacy and Impact

If you could pick a time to be a kid, the ‘80s were as good a choice as you were getting. In the movies, there was nothing quite so cool as being under 18.  Whether you were a teenager like in soul-searching films like The Breakfast Club or The Outsiders or a kid like in

The Goonies (1985) 1 hr and 54 minutes A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map in an attic, and in an effort to save their homes from being destroyed, set off on an adventure to find a legendary pirate’s long-lost treasure.  Also after the treasure, however, are the recently escaped