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Goonies" is a smooth mixture of the usual ingredients from
Steven Spielberg action movies, made special because of the
high-energy performances of the kids who have the adventures.
It's a fantastical story of buried pirate treasure, told with a
slice-of-life approach that lets these kids use words Bogart
didn't know in "Casablanca". There used to be children's movies
and adult movies. Now Spielberg has found an in-between niche,
for young teenagers who have fairly sophisticated tastes in
horror. He supervises the formula and oversees the production,
assigning the direction to stylish action veterans (this time,
it's Richard Donner, of "Superman" and "Ladyhawke").  "Goonies",
like "Gremlins", walks a thin line between the cheerful and the
gruesome, and the very scenes