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- 2009
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 29 m
- 2009
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Eleven-year-old Toe Thompson is the designated punching bag for the bullies of the suburban community of Black Falls, where his and everyone else's parents work for Black Box Industries, makers of the do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. But during a freak storm, a mysterious Rainbow Rock, which grants wishes to anyone who finds ...
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Álvaro Rodríguez, Víctor Ugalde, Robert Rodriguez
- 2009
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 29 m
- 2009
- PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 29 m
Shorts
53
5.2
Where to Watch
Summary Eleven-year-old Toe Thompson is the designated punching bag for the bullies of the suburban community of Black Falls, where his and everyone else's parents work for Black Box Industries, makers of the do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. But during a freak storm, a mysterious Rainbow Rock, which grants wishes to anyone who finds ...
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Álvaro Rodríguez, Víctor Ugalde, Robert Rodriguez
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
53
41% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
53
41% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Adult actors pretty much let the youngsters upstage them. The two leads, Bennett and Vanier, do a nice job holding the center of gravity while the film goes nuts around them. Best of all, Shorts is short, finishing before you can truly get tired of all those wishes gone wrong.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
27% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.2
33% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
27% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Children have their own history , but they get a stone short , hatching so embarrassing , or not put as a story , rather short , but the script is so fun , the same special effects to movies "Spy Kids" but very damaged the plot
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A satisfying dose of wild imagination and unbridled silliness.
A cute and mildly clever fantasy.
Soon becomes tiresome, but it’s emblematic of a film that is dancing as fast as it can to entertain.
Jon Cryer and Leslie Mann have a couple of sly moments as overworked career people, and Spader again proves he learned a lot by working with William Shatner for so long. But the bottomless slapstick and silly effects quickly grow wearying, as does a cast of young actors whose work can politely be called energetic.
The movie is as lumpy and misshapen as a giant booger.
All that I could say is that it was just OK because the story was OK, the acting was OK and the whole rest of the movie was just OK. There was nothing GREAT about this movie and there was not anything BAD.
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This was actually a movie? I swear, in any circumstances, I was reading it going in theaters back in 2009 when I saw a commercial of this on television (probably forgot when and how). Now there's possibly no way that this film can still exist up to this day.
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****. After "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" and "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" were poorly received, Robert Rodriguez was determined to give it another go with "Shorts," but unfortunately, he didn't really do a great job with it. While the idea of a number of short films combining into one story might seem like a great idea, the film itself just isn't very charming, funny, or entertaining at all. And while the film seems to be aiming at children, I'm sure children might even find themselves getting bored by this film. In all honesty, I really hope that in 2009, if your kids really wanted to see a live-action "kiddy film," you took them to "Aliens in the Attic" instead, because at least that movie was competent. "Shorts" is incredibly bland, and unless you feel like torturing yourself a lot, or need some kind of kid's film for "Bad Movie Night," make it a point to ignore this film.
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Probably one of the most bizarre experiences I've had watching a movie, nothing makes sense, and everything is needlessly over the top, there's no way someone wrote this trying to make the best movie they could, it is so bad it could unintentionally come off as a parody, and even though basically nothing happens in it, it feels terribly dragged out
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Shorts is far too long.
The movie is absolutely terrible, horrible kids movie, and just awful in general. The script is bad, the acting is bad, and the entire premise is just terrible.
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ,
Media Rights Capital (MRC),
Troublemaker Studios,
Lin Pictures
Release Date Aug 21, 2009
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating PG
Tagline Not So TALL Tales From The Director Of 'Spy Kids'
Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
