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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D

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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)

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Reviews Counted:118

Fresh:23

Rotten:95

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: The decision to turn this kiddie fantasy into a 3-D film was a miscalculation.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Childrens

US Box Office: $39,041,112

Synopsis: From the wild imagination of a child and the digital vision of director Robert Rodriguez (creator of the hit “Spy Kids” series as well as the recently acclaimed “Sin City”) comes the magical,... From the wild imagination of a child and the digital vision of director Robert Rodriguez (creator of the hit “Spy Kids” series as well as the recently acclaimed “Sin City”) comes the magical, original, not to mention three-dimensional, family entertainment, THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY & LAVA GIRL IN 3D. THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY & LAVA GIRL IN 3D is written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, based on the intergalactic journeys and superhero stories created by his seven year-old son Racer Max. Sometimes the most amazing superheroes are the ones inside your dreams. So discovers ten-year-old Max (Cayden Boyd), an outcast little boy who has become lost in his own fantasy world in an attempt to escape the everyday worries of dealing with parents (David Arquette and Kristin Davis), school bullies and no-fun summer vacations. But when Max realizes the cool characters, high-flying adventures and incredible secret powers that dwell in his imagination might be far more real than anyone is willing to believe, his whole world changes. Now, Max is blasting off on a mission to Planet Drool where Shark Boy (Taylor Lautner) -- a kid once lost at sea and raised under the watchful fins of sharks only to become half-shark -- and Lava Girl (Taylor Dooley) – a volcanic beauty who emits leaping flames and red-hot rocks – live in a realm of astonishing wonders, one in which the Train of Thought can whisk you off to the mouth-watering Land of Milk and Cookies. Teeming with mountainous roller coasters and violet skies, Planet Drool looks like the perfect kid paradise until Max meets up with the shocking Mr. Electric (George Lopez) and his sidekick Minus (Jacob Davich) who are trying to do away with all dreams forever. With Shark Boy and Lava Girl in trouble, only Max can guide them – by imagining every clever move of their wily escape from Mr. Electric’s Lair. Speedily conjuring up an incredible array of gadgets, gizmos, contraptions and cool ideas . . . Max learns the power of turning his dreams into reality. -- © Dimension Films [More]

Starring: Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette

Starring: Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis, George Lopez

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: Graeme Revell, John Debney
Studio: Dimension Films

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It's a bit like taking a first-grader's finger paintings off the refrigerator and submitting them for a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

The movie makes no sense, in any of its three dimensions.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

The movie is unbelievably ugly. The garish colors Rodriguez loves so much wash out in 3-D.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
06/10/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

All the goodwill in the world won't rescue this mess. I suspect any kid who's even half media savvy will be put off as well.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/10/05
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

You can't get this kind of full-on sensory-jolt anywhere else, not legally anyway.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post

Sharkboy & Lavagirl, while noble, imaginative and a huge valentine to family involvement, unfortunately just isn't all that interesting.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

It's pretty clear that all those terrific ideas could use a little discipline and maturity before they ever amount to a truly great movie.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
06/10/05
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald

The low-tech film looks like a kid's crude drawing, plays like entry-level Game Boy, and is about as nourishing as a Tootsie Pop.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Rodriguez World is a unique cinematic space that only truly inspired children, and child-men, could bring to life.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

The story is impossible, the acting generally awful and the 3-D effects so unremarkable that you're tempted to yank off the glasses and watch it with the naked eye.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
06/10/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

an hour and a half of bad child actors, non-stop cartoon special effects and another chance for kids to get excited about wearing those uncomfortable 3D glasses

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
06/10/05
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

A film that must be watched with a pair of cardboard glasses stuck across one's face. Oh, goodie. This may not be unmitigated joy for persons older than 8 or 9, tops. Just so you know.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
06/10/05
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Squinting through cardboard glasses you get at the door, you see washed-out colors, blurred images and not enough pop-out to merit the trade-off.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/10/05
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

For a movie aimed at children, Shark Boy and Lava Girl is gloomy.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/10/05
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail

Great effort for a kid, perhaps, but not worthy of the big screen box office.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/10/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post

It's not just that this fable about a picked-on kid whose dreams come true is an excruciatingly dumb kids' movie. It's that it returns us to the bad old days of 3D, when the images were rendered too murky to appreciate.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
06/10/05
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

Watch this movie and you wonder: How did it get made?

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Barely fresh...and then only for 10 year olds and younger.

Full Review Source: Supercala.com | comment Comment
06/10/05
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

Not only is it empowering to kids just learning to trust their own ideas, but, like Spy Kids, it reminds kids that fighting is not always the answer.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
06/10/05
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin
Dallas Morning News

Rodriguez is a long way off from the energy of the original Spy Kids, and the difference lies between the definitions of "childlike" and "childish."

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/10/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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