Shorts (2009)

[MarcDickenson 5]

 

Action/Adventure Comedy. Shorts is set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Blacks BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget thats sweeping the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. Blacks BLACK BOX has done nothing for 11-year-old Toe Thompson, who just wants to make a few friendsuntil a mysterious rainbow-colored rock falls from the sky, hits him in the head and changes everything. The Rainbow Rock does Mr. Blacks BLACK BOX one better: it grants wishes to anyone who holds it. Before long, wishes-gone-wrong have left the neighborhood swarming with tiny spaceships, crocodile armies, giant boogersand outrageous magical mayhem around every corner. But its not until the grown-ups get their hands on the Rock that the trouble really starts. Now Toe and his newfound friends must join forces to save their town from itself, discovering along the way that what you wish for is not always what you want.

 

Director:Robert Rodriguez

Writer:Robert Rodriguez

Producers:Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan

Executive Producers: Dan Lin, Hunt Lowry, Mohammed Khalaf, Edward Borgerding

 

Cast:Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings,

Trevor Gagnon, Leo Howard, Devon Gearhart, Rebel Rodriguez, Jake Short, Jolie Vanier

 

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[Kream15 11]

I remember being upset that I didn't get to see this in theaters. 10 years later, I'm glad I didn't pay to see Robert Rodriguez's worst movie

[theflyhitter 1]

Using the Pulp Fiction narrative structre on a kids film it's an idea which deserves a better movie than this piece of crap.