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Bookmark this pageThe Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005)
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Movie review
From Time Out New York
Unless your idea of family fun is watching countless chunks of goop being blown toward you amid acid-soaked Nickelodeon landscapes, Robert Rodriguez's second attempt to resurrect this anachronistic ballyhoo gimmick will seem just as misguided as his first (remember the franchise low point, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over?). It doesn't help that the director embeds cut-rate comin'-at-ya tricks in a cloying narrative about an unpopular lad (Boyd) whose dreams of two prepubescent superheroes become an enabling reality. Rodriguez has proved in the past that he's got a knack for crafting imaginative children's movies, which is why this sugarcoated collection of platitudes—"Kids need their dreams!"—seems more than a baby step backward.Author: DF
Time Out New York website
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Cast & crew
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Cayden Boyd, George Lopez, Taylor Dooley, Taylor Lautner, David Arquette, Kristin Davis full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Children's
Rated: U
Duration: 90 mins
UK Release: Aug 26 2005
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