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Shorts

Shorts

Family · Fantasy · Comedy · 2009

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.

Movie details

Shorts

“NOT SO TALL tales from the director of Spy Kids.”

2009 Family · Fantasy · Comedy 1h 29m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Shorts?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Written by

Álvaro Rodríguez · Robert Rodriguez

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett

Toby Thompson

Jake Short

Jake Short

Nose Noseworthy

Kat Dennings

Kat Dennings

Stacy Thompson

Trevor Gagnon

Trevor Gagnon

Loogie Short

Devon Gearhart

Devon Gearhart

Cole Black

Jolie Vanier

Jolie Vanier

Helvetica Black

Rebel Rodriguez

Rebel Rodriguez

Lug Short

Court is in session

Put Shorts on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.