*batteries not included
December 18, 1987 in theaters
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
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"Little guys. Thank you."
DID YOU KNOW?
The New York City tenement building used for the film was a real condemned building on the Lower East Side, scheduled for demolition during production.
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
Steven Spielberg produced this quiet, gentle fable about small mechanical aliens who come to the aid of a New York City tenement building's last remaining tenants -- and it is more emotionally effective than its premise has any right to be. Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy ground the film in something real, and director Matthew Robbins resists the urge to accelerate into spectacle. It is a film about people who have nowhere else to go finding that the universe sends help anyway.
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