Small Soldiers

"Small Soldiers is a family picture on the outside, and a mean, violent action picture on the inside... For smaller children, this could be a terrifying experience."

"Has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own."

"This smells like a script slapped together around a toy-product launch."

"Fortunately, it's possible to ignore the morals entirely and simply enjoy the filmmakers' skill at creating carefully contained mayhem in a microcosm."

"As with many films in which special effects are the real stars, the technology here commands more respect and interest than the material otherwise warrants."

"For all its shortcomings, the end result is quite entertaining."

"Though it starts promisingly, the picture ends as a standoff between the affection Dante and company bring to the project and its increasingly frenetic and tiresome emphasis on (the special effects)."