The Goonies (1985) review

Four rambunctious little kids, Mikey (Sean Astin), Chunk (Jeff Cohen), Mouth (Corey Feldman) and Data (Ke Huy Quan), discover a map in the attic of Mikey's parents' house (which is about to be torn down) that supposedly leads to the treasure of a pirate named One-Eyed Willy and go out to find it, but run into the murderous Fratelli clan (Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano and Anne Ramsey) ... and then Chunk, who gets separated from the group, starts a wonderful friendship with the mistreated (and malformed) Sloth (John Matuszak).  As far as movies for children from the 80's are concerned, you could do a lot worse than watching this (with a story provided by Steven Spielberg) which has entirely too much screaming and falling for adult viewers, but the cast is likeable and it successfully captures a youthful sense of adventure, reinforcing the notion that there is "magic" hidden in the world, and it's worth your time to seek out.  The real-life fate of the performers decades later is certainly interesting: Josh Brolin (who plays Mikey's older brother) is a successful leading man, Cohen is a lawyer, Quan won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ... but Feldman's gotten himself in plenty of trouble and former football player (and the first overall selection in the 1973 NFL Draft) Matuszak, who was a part of two Super Bowl victories with the Raiders, passed away in 1989 from a drug overdose.  May "hey, you guys!" forever ring from the heavens.