Gremlins is a wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief. One minute your hair will stand on end the next you ll hold your sides with laughter at the havoc these supposedly gentle fur balls create when the rules surrounding their care and feeding are inadvertently broken one fateful Christmas. Written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante Gremlins unleashes special effects that dazzle and enchant and merriment that lingers in the memory. And isn t that quot;what superior popular moviemaking is all aboutquot; - (Richard Corliss Time).