Shorts
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Days to DVD Release
November 24, 2009
- Synopsis
- A young boy living in a cookie-cutter suburb gets hit on the head with a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it in this family-oriented fantasy comedy from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez....
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- Starring
- Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, Devon Gearhart
- Director(s)
- Robert Rodriguez
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 89 min.
Critic Reviews
Variety | Justin ChangAdd Critic to Favorites
More zippy, diverting fun from Robert Rodriguez's family filmmaking factory.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites
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.Read the full review
USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites
Fast-paced, imaginative and often cute, Shorts is slight but enjoyable family fare.Read the full review
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10/31/09 With backyard for backlot, Steven Spielberg and the Coen brothers belonged to the Super-8 generation, and Robert Rodriguez taught himself by shooting on a JVC camcorder and editing with two VCRs, but the results were generally too scrappy to share beyond a select audience of friends and family. | Variety -
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