Must See Movies: The Goonies

15 May 2008

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This week's must see movie takes a look at family friendly adventure movie The Goonies which was released in 1985 starring Sean Astin, Corey Feldman and Josh Brolin.

A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move.

Mikey Walsh refuses to accept that his family has to leave their home because it's going to be turned into a golf course.

He convinces his friends to go with him to search for the treasure of One-Eyed Willy's, a legendary 17th century pirate, and they decide to have one last, precious adventure together.

With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the group, known as the Goonies, go in search of buried gold hoping against hope that if they find it, Mikey and Brand will succeed in keeping their home.

But with the criminal family the Fratellis close behind them it's a race to see who can get to one eyed Willie first.

Leathal Weapon's director Richard Donner was behind the camera and the script was penned by Chris Columbus but the story was by Stephen Spielberg.

Despite the well known names behind the project The Goonies was met by a mixed response from the critics when it was released.

The Goonies grossed US$9 million opening weekend in the US placed it second on the charts behind Rambo: First Blood Part II.[5]

It went on to gross over US$61 million that year, placing it among the top ten highest grossing movies of 1985 in America.

However in recent years the film has gained a strong cult following and is popular amongst movie fans who were children at the time of it's release.

The Goonies also launched the acting careers of the likes of Sean Astin, Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings, and Josh Brolin, Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men.

The film is a family friendly romp of adventure, pirates, skeletons and bad guys that is one of the most memorable teen-movies of it's time.

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw

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