Shorts

(2009)

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Shorts is typical of a Robert Rodriguez film - as infantile and schematically adventurous as his Spy kids series. A kind of kiddie fare that is at one with their mindsets and not intent on talking down to them. ... Full Article

Shorts
indiatimes.com2009-10-23
In short, issues we care about. May be, that's why Shorts begins with Jimmy Bennett (Toe Thompson) and Jolie Vanier (Helvetica Black) checking out ``who blinks first'' even as they go to school, dine, fight, argue and take their exams... ... Full Article

Shorts
smh.com.au2009-10-01
Corporate mockery and old-fashioned magic... Rebel Rodriguez, left, with Trevor Gagnon, making a wish with the Rainbow Rock, and Leo Howard. His five children mostly get involved in these productions - with mixed results. ... Full Article

Out & About
austin360.com2009-09-13
For a previous posted micro-profile of Janet and John Pierson, go here . Paul Alvarado-Dykstra. Fantastic Fest, Texas Motion Picture Alliance Connie Britton. 'Friday Night Lights,' 'Women in Trouble,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' Elizabeth Avellan. ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES - Robert Rodriguez is back in a family way. His kid-friendly comedy "Shorts" is the latest in a seesaw career in which Rodriguez veers from family fare such as the "Spy Kids" flicks to violent thrillers such as... ... Full Article

Robert Rodriguez's new children's film, Shorts, shows what happens when a rainbow-coloured wish-granting rock falls from space and lands in sunny suburbia. It's the perfect excuse for Rodriguez to fill the screen with everything that youngsters might want to see:... ... Full Article

Parents who get drafted to take their little knee-biters to see "Shorts" can enjoy the prospect of William H. Macy battling a giant booger-monster and of James Spader and Jon Cryer renewing their on-screen feud from "Pretty in Pink." ... Full Article

Robert Rodriguez; Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Kat Dennings. Rating: * * * Not since the first Spy Kids has Robert Rodriguez delighted ankle-biters as much as splatter fans ( Sin City , Planet Terror ), but this episodic romp is... ... Full Article

Unlike Spy Kids, which had something for everyone regardless of their age, Shorts is strictly for ticket-buyers 12 and under. One saving grace for parents who choose to endure it anyway? ... Full Article

Review: Shorts
dose.ca2009-08-21
I'm not saying that having children softens a filmmaker, but look at the movies opening this weekend from Grindhouse co-directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. ... Full Article

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