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PG | | Cast
kat dennings
Leslie Mann
Jon Cryer
James Spader
William H Macy. | | Directors
Robert Rodriguez. | | | Screenwriters | | Running Time
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Shorts
A Short Cuts for the shorties.
Plot
A young boy discovers a rock which grants wishes. So far, so awesome, however the joy is spoiled when calculating children and trouble-making adults all make a play for the power of the rock. Review
Another for-the-kids morality-tale squashed between grot-fests by one-man filmmaking mariachi Robert Rodriguez: he writes, directs, does the score, oversees the FX and surely never sleeps. And it’s a distinct improvement on his last two junior efforts, lumpy 3-D glitter Spy Kids 3 and Sharkboy.
Told in non-linear vignettes (‘shorts’), it follows the zany adventures of Toe Thompson (Jimmy Bennett), a bullied teen who happens upon a rock that grants wishes. And amid the flurry of Jumanji-ish CG bogeymen, crocs and dung beetles, he learns that getting what you wished for has its own cost. For all its digital spin (which can be a little wearing), the movie has an appealingly old-fashioned feel.
Verdict
Despite the usual Rodriguez abundance of effects, there is a pleasingly traditional feel to this tale.
Reviewed by Will Thomas
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