A boy's discovery of a colourful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
by tryo_legend
on 22/10/2009 1 of 9 people found this review helpful
What I really hated: the jumping around the scenes
The movie isn't very bad when talking about each of the individual scenes. Most of the scenes are funny and they had some overall lessons. It would have been great it they didn't jump from scene 2 to scene 1, then scene 4 to scene 3 and then to scene 5. Something along that line. I kinda of think they did it on purpose.
From filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, creator of the "Spy Kids" trilogy and "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D," comes a terrible family adventure "Shorts."
The plot is simple - A group of kids discovers a magical rainbow-coloured rock that can grant unlimited wishes to whoever holds it. It's truly what every kid who's watching this would want to have, and of course, slap in a few power hungry adults in and a whole lot of imagination, then voila, a movie is born.
Rodriguez knows how to make a nonsensical kids film that is weird, wacky and colourful. The story is told through a series of interwoven not-so-tall tales that each brings to life the often terrible and totally out-of-control wishes that become far more than eleven-year old Toe Thompson and his neighbours ever imagined. The crazy wishes ranges from tiny aliens to giant boogers and pretty much delivers the straight forward moral lesson of "Be careful what you wish for!"
"Shorts" is a good crowd-pleaser for kids, but as for parents and young adults, may you try to find a hint of satisfaction within the movie.
