SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

annevejb Check the reviews for this. Many are totally against this feature, yet some are for. I am for.My first viewing, it was not an instant like, not many are these days. The Last Mimzy was an instant like, but this one, Shorts, just had some highlights. I purchased my copies of both of these by chance, they stood out on the shelf when nothing else did. What made Shorts stand out, for me, was it being a kid's film by Rodriguez.My third viewing, on a large screen and seen up close, said that Shorts is exceptionally good, while also being exceptionally disgusting. It makes The Philosopher's Stone seem tame. Could be that many who consider this feature to be garbage are actually expressing a lack of love for disgusting? Me, I loved my third viewing a lot. True love.I was really surprised that when Spy Kids 4 came to the UK it was not screened at more cinemas. I am now guessing that it is extremely popular on disk, but that many also consider it to be way too smelly. Cinema owners had a problem with SK 4? I never got around to using my scratch cards.I experience Shorts to be one of the better Rodriguez for kids, even better than SK4, at the level of SK1 and 3.

johnhonoluluhawaii I watched this movie expecting nothing out of it as I had read all the negative reviews. Knowing that reviews can be WRONG I chose to check it out for myself. I thought the premise of a wishing rock held a lot of promise. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was right. This movie was really entertaining. I found it to be funny and creative. It captured what I thought a child might imagine. It was pretty quirky in a good way. The little things that the actors did made it funny. Their gestures and the way the spoke made them lovable. I think that they could not have gotten better actors for this movie. They made the movie work. As far as the complaints about the movie being mish-mashed or being confusing, I don't agree. I think that component, actually the theme (short stories within the story), really worked. I had no problem understanding the movie. And all the complaints about it not entertaining is really beyond me. This movie was more entertaining to me than all the other big budget movies I have seen all year. To those of you who think I am the director or one of the employees of the company that made the movie, no I am not any of those. I am just one of you. If you have not seen this movie, go rent it. You will thank me afterwards. Enjoy!

AmadeusRockedMe I did not see this willingly. I had to with my summer camp. It was our only choice. What a great way to end my last year at that camp. The acting, writing, cinematography, EVERYTHING was horrible. Nobody was laughing in the theater I was in. And poor Kat Dennings, she has so much potential and she just had to land a role in this god awful movie. And not to mention the painstakingly unfunny lines. "I wish for telephonesis!" "Telekenisis you dummy!" Was I supposed to laugh? Because I was not laughing. Another thing that made me want to jump a cliff was:"Helvetica! Helvetica!" HEL-F*CKING-VETICA! MY GOD! This is by far the worst movie I have ever seen! And families, DO NOT take your kids to this one. For the sake of your kids. Please.

dbborroughs Robert Rodriguez's wild children's film proves once again that he is one of the most imaginative minds working in films today. Say what you will about his speed and economy of filming (his kids films often look a bit cheap) he manages to fill the void with more craziness than almost any three other films aimed at kids. Rodriguez seems to think like a kid and can translate it to the big screen.Here he's come up with the tale of what happens when a rainbow colored wishing rock falls to earth. Found by kids they set about making their dreams come true. The problem really come to the fore when the adults get their hands on the magic of the rock.Rodriguez has fashioned a fantastical story about what getting our dreams really means (told in a series of shorts of the title) but also a morality tale about dreams and business. Its a fun little movie thats also good for you. For the most part I think he manages to hit the target with some laughs and some out loud mumbled "oh cools". The cast, which includes John Cryer, William H Macy and James Spader, is on point and really sells the craziness. The effects are quite good and manage to tread the fine line between serious and silly.If the film falls down anywhere its perhaps that things are a bit too much at times (too many characters, too much motion). Because this is a short film, its under 90 minutes, Rodriguez also relies a bit too much on cliché short hand with a hero who thinks he has no friends when he does, and bad guys who really aren't. While I like the characters I wish they had been a bit less stock.Over all though I liked this film. I don't think its quite worth paying full movie theater prices for it, but on cable or DVD (which is probably best because you can back up the movie) I think this is worth a shot.