Leonard Maltin sobre "Gremlins" em "Gremlins 2"

"Leonard Maltin wasn’t a fan of the original Gremlins; giving it two out of four stars, he criticized it for its over-the-top violence and mean-spirited gags. When it came time for Joe Dante to direct the sequel, instead of resorting to character assassination or ham-fisted mockery to respond to the review, he went straight to the source, and gave Maltin a cameo in the film. Maltin plays a critic for The Movie Police, repeating some of his problems with the first movie before the gremlins show up to register their displeasure by eating him alive. It’s a funny bit that manages to speak well of both the critic and the director; the former for being in on the joke, and the latter for knowing that only small imaginary monsters take anything Maltin says seriously." [F]