Review of *batteries not included (1987) by Rita Kempley for Washington Post — 04 Apr 2004
Batteries is a strange kids' movie, a queer mix of violence and otherworldly benevolence. It might have been a good idea, a story of the vanishing urban neighborhood and gentrification by tycoon. But half-pint aliens to the rescue? It's time E.
T. went home.
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This review of *batteries not included (1987) was written by Rita Kempley and published by Washington Post on 04 Apr 2004.
*batteries not included has generally received positive reviews.
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