Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, 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.

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45% liked it

86 critics

PG, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Robert Rodriquez

Release Date: August 21, 2009

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DVD Release Date: November 24, 2009

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  • August 28, 2009
    an imaginitive feature for the tweenie crowd, reinforcing their feelings of evident superiority over the embarrassing adolescents they know. a little fun.
  • August 25, 2009
    If you look at the movies Robert Rodriguez does, you'll notice that he is very versatile. He'll go from Planet Terror to Shorts, and you have to know he directed Shorts to be able to tell it's one of his movies. When Robert Rodriguez DIRECTS a kids movie, it IS a kids movie. Unli...( read more)ke what Pixar is doing with its movies, Rodriguez doesn't put any adult themed jokes or dialogue in it. You're going to get simple dialogue with a bunch of fart jokes, and gross out jokes that are geared toward children.
    Shorts is such a funny movie with so many laugh out loud jokes and gags. There were 5 people in the audience, including me, and I wish I would have been in the theater when more kids were watching it. I can only imagine how loud it got. Boogers, doody, and alligator stomach contents.
    It's well written and directed, and the cast was very entertaining. I recognized the adults from lots of other films, but none of the kids. I'm sure I will, though. One was a young Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller, and I would have swore one little girl was related to Christine Ricci.
    Besides a couple of bumps in the story, it was solid and kept my attention. The kids did great. Rodriguez is a genius. What more can I say?
    There are plenty of laugh out loud jokes that any kid, or child minded adult, will appreciate.
  • August 20, 2009
    Cute kids movie, but just that - a kids movie. It had the same feel as Spy Kids, so if you liked that one, you should like this one (Same director).
  • August 18, 2009
    Somewhat like "Jumanji", the out of sequence style may have been difficult for kids to follow, yet with the youngest viewers it may have been kept their interset. The kids sitting beside me were getting restless during parts of the second half of the movie.
  • November 24, 2009
    It was a very good kid's movie.
  • November 22, 2009
    Fresh, original, family-friendly flick from Robert Rodriguez!
  • November 22, 2009
    I am not sure if I enjoyed this soo much because I saw it right after Zombie's fiasco, or because it made me feel like I was nine years old. If I was 9, this would be the greatest movie ever! Rodriguez's imagination is quite something, with every and anything he can imagine in he...( read more)re. A kid has a telephone grow out of his head, an army of bipedal crocidles show up, a kid wishes for a fort, and gets it, and then the end fight is between a giant wasp, a giant dung beetle, a horde of tiny aliens, and a robot.
  • November 16, 2009
    Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, 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.

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    Watched this movie with my niece's and nephew. From the sound of their laughter and their screams, I think they enjoyed it a lot more then I did. But I did like the movie. Thought it was funny. Had some really grotesque moments that made me a little squimish. But it was a fun movie. Not to be taken serious. It's definitely a movie made for kids. Not a lot for of adult action in this movie. So I would definitely recommend seeing this with a kid to fully appreciate the fun of it.
  • October 25, 2009
    I havent ever seen it so i really want to but idk if i will like it or what???
  • October 12, 2009
    My best friend and I were bored one afternoon and so we headed to the cinema. We randomly selected this movie to watch and it was quite okay I guess. It was a lame movie but the humour in it compensated for the lameness of it. Overall, an okay movie that I would not watch again.

Critic Reviews


August 21, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The movie is as lumpy and misshapen as a giant booger. full review

August 21, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

My fourth-grader giggled maniacally. The 9-year-old in me did, too. full review

August 21, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

From whirling mini-UFOs to giant animated nose bogeys, the screen is never still and the script never smart or engaging. full review

August 20, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Fast-paced, imaginative and often cute, Shorts is slight but enjoyable family fare. full review

August 20, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Shorts channels the same gross-out overkill as the Captain Underpants books that parents endure and pre-teen boys so dearly love. The difference is that those books have an editor (and they're funnier). full review

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