Review of Solarbabies (1986) by Scott M — 07 Apr 2013

Where has this little gem been my whole life.

This review of Solarbabies (1986) was written by Scott M on 07 Apr 2013.

Solarbabies has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Solarbabies

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Roy C (774) on 25 Feb 2010

An enjoyable film throughout start to finish. It's a film for all ages and one no doubt given a chance everyone will love…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Jess H (366) on 01 Apr 2008

Watched this on demand tonight--love the electronica music--go 80's…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Michael T (3,420) on 08 Sep 2018

All of the 1980's fantasy cliches are here and none of them work…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Eugene K (96) on 29 Dec 2008

Cheesy family sci-fi including roller skating orphans, a dystopian future and a sentient glowing ball…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Jason T (1,311) on 27 May 2009

Great Sci-Fi/Action/Adventure Movie, Great Story & nOw I'm trying to find the song Love Will Set You Free by Smokey Robinson the Theme for the Movie…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Michelle T (335) on 20 Sep 2012

I tend to give 80s sci-fi a lot of leeway, simply because of the ingenuity of the era. But Solarbabies; oh my no…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Jon B (711) on 13 Dec 2010

Brilliant 80's teen nonsense, features the hottie from Near Dark…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Senor C (647) on 11 Aug 2009

Orphans that are in a concentration camp like to roller stake across the desert & play a form of lacrosse while trying to save an eco-orb from…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 27 Jun 2016

Instead of coming to a high, flavorful boil, the whole thing quickly overcooks and begins evaporating into hot air…

Read Review

Review of Solarbabies (1986)

By Ty W (31) on 06 Jun 2008

Cute. One of those old movies I like to watch…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Videodrome (1983)

By Fortifier (12) on 25 Jan 2017

What the hell is this crap…

Read Review

Review of Starship Troopers (1997)

By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 01 Jan 2000

This flick wallows in just about every moth-ridden cliche known to the film industry and relies almost entirely on naked teenage girls and…

Read Review

Review of Dark City (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Feb 2015

One reason this production-design vehicle is so incredibly boring is that the characters keep having to explain the plot to one another…

Read Review

Review of THX 1138 (1971)

By Jaredc. (130) on 11 Sep 2007

The thing about this is that it goes somewhere, but only leads to the already known succession…

Read Review

Review of Double Dragon (1994)

By Steven P (482) on 14 Dec 2010

Wow, talk about an awesomely bad game-to-movie adaptation, this and Street Fighter: The Movie are on par with each other for sheer guilty pleasure…

Read Review

Review of The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

By Duke_Nukem (35) on 14 Oct 2015

The third movie in the Matrix series has become a CGI show, a lengthy cut scene of a video game. Everything feels so over the top…

Read Review

Review of Gattaca (1997)

By Robyn M (1,282) on 04 Sep 2012

Gattaca is a familiar story -- a high concept movie that starts well, but falls prey to lazy storytelling…

Read Review

Review of A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

By Bobs. (27) on 29 Aug 2005

As stiff and robotic as its own characters. The ending renders the entire movie not just pointless, but a complete waste of time…

Read Review

Review of Code 46 (2003)

By Frances H (1,591) on 03 Dec 2014

Interesting scifi futuristic background story but the interpersonal and main story was off. Regretted having wasted my time watching it…

Read Review

Review of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

By Eden L (144) on 10 Sep 2007

Pretentious, overrated SF flick with Nazi militaria and regalia posturing to be a pacifist flick. Convoluted plot with hardly anything redeeming…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Solarbabies

1986

41%80 Reviews

Stash House

2012

40%17 Reviews

Road House

1989

61%536 Reviews

Life Itself

2014

82%492 Reviews

30 Beats

2012

28%23 Reviews

High Crimes

2002

58%379 Reviews

Black Hawk Down

2001

78%801 Reviews

Concussion

2015

66%911 Reviews

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

44%1,135 Reviews

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

2013

51%824 Reviews