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Shorts
Directed by
Robert Rodriguez
PG
2009
89m
Family
,
Comedy
,
and more
4.7
46%
32%
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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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Cast of Shorts
Jimmy Bennett
Toby Thompson
Jake Short
Nose Noseworthy
Kat Dennings
Stacy Thompson
Trevor Gagnon
Loogie Short
Devon Gearhart
Cole Black
Jolie Vanier
Helvetica Black
Rebel Rodriguez
Lug Short
Leo Howard
Laser Short
Leslie Mann
Mom Thompson
Jon Cryer
Dad Thompson
William H. Macy
Dr. Noseworthy
James Spader
Carbon Black
Angela Lanza
Teacher
Alejandro Rose-Garcia
John / Boyfriend
Cambell Westmoreland
Blinker #1
Zoe Webb
Blinker #2
Chris Orf
Goofy Host
Racer Rodriguez
Bully #1
Rocket Rodriguez
Bully #2
John Chilleri
Hallway Kid (uncredited)
Josh Christman
Classroom Kid (uncredited)
Joshua Drew
Classmate (uncredited)
Zach Irsik
Schoolyard Kid (uncredited)
Ryan Lee
Classmate / Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)
Christina Lehner
Classmate (uncredited)
Micaela Phillips
Girl on Bus (uncredited)
Bella Perryman
Classmate (uncredited)
Cameron R. Murphy
Neighborhood Kid
Henry J. Smith 3rd
Neighborhood Kid (uncredited)
Cameron Wofford
(uncredited)
Alexis Woods
Schoolyard Kid (uncredited)
Tina Rodriguez
Female Employee
Jackson Hurst
Male Employee
Jonathan Breck
Security Guard
Elizabeth Avellan
The Baby (voice) / Producer
Bianca Rodriguez
The Baby
Sheilava
Partygoer (uncredited)
Robert Rodriguez
Director / Writer / Producer
Álvaro Rodríguez
Writer
Shorts Ratings & Reviews
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
The latest child's-eye adventure from Robert Rodriguez, Shorts doesn't hit the heights of his Spy Kids series. But it provides just enough smart, silly fun for families desperately seeking an easy escape from hazy August humidity.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The movie is as lumpy and misshapen as a giant booger.
MSNBC
Alonso Duralde
Rodriguez never lets things get too noisy or chaotic to follow, and he wraps everything up in a satisfying resolution that even slips in a stealth moral or two.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
Yes, I realize this is a kids' movie, but that's no excuse for short-circuiting creativity.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
My fourth-grader giggled maniacally. The 9-year-old in me did, too.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Magic vies with technology in this exuberant adventure comedy, which unfolds achronologically in a series of zany, effects-laden vignettes.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
If parents feel like they've seen much of Shorts before, its celebration of mayhem and restless, thrill-seeking vibe will absorb young viewers, especially as the boredom of late summer begins to set in.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
Akin to watching a home movie made by your neighbor's kids if they happened to be the offspring of a millionaire filmmaker.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Can we wish for a fresher subplot than that of pleasure-deadened grown-ups who live their lives in a stupor of consumerism?
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Feels underwritten and overdressed.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Fast-paced, imaginative and often cute, Shorts is slight but enjoyable family fare.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
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).
CinemaBlend
Katey Rich
Shorts jumps right over the line between energetic and frenzied and zooms right on by.
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
It's like Shorts raided the concession stand and then has to sit slumped in its seat long after the sugar buzz wears off.
AV Club
Keith Phipps
A little enthusiasm goes a long way, but Rodriguez's films too often demonstrate that it doesn't go far enough.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Slipped into Robert Rodriguez's smart, funny, fast-as-lightning kids' movie, Shorts, are several sly comments on American culture and the tyranny of technology.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Rodriguez's technical wizardry is less showy here than in his other recent outings, which helps Shorts connect with kids on a basic human level. Parents will, no doubt, be renting this electronic babysitter for a long time to come.
Associated Press
Jake Coyle
Somewhere around the time a giant booger runs riot through the town, one wishes for a bit more adult supervision.
Time Out Chicago
Keith Uhlich
The effort is certainly more appreciable than the execution.
Village Voice
Aaron Hillis
A cute and mildly clever fantasy.
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I Wish We Were Closer
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How Strong Are You Guys?
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Then You Better Not Lose
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