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Shorts - Overview

Genre:   Comedy, SciFi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure  
Opened: Aug 21, 2009     Run Time: 1hr 29min  
Cast: Jimmy Bennett   Jake Short  Kat Dennings   Devon Gearhart        
Director: Robert Rodriguez   
Producer: Robert Rodriguez   Elizabeth Avellan    
Executive Producer: Dan Lin   Hunt Lowry   Mohammed Khalaf  
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Synopsis
Shorts: Eleven-year-old Toe Thompson is the designated punching bag for the bullies of the suburban community of Black Falls, where his and everyone else's parents work for Black Box Industries, makers of the do-it-all gadget that's sweeping the nation. But during a freak storm, a mysterious Rainbow Rock, which grants wishes to anyone who finds it, falls from the sky. Suddenly, the neighborhood that Toe already thinks is weird is about to get a lot weird... Read More
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8 star rating 8  on 
Box Office Data
# Weeks 17
# Total Gross $20.9M
Additional Content for Shorts
Shorts
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Continental Film s.r.o. (Slovakia)
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures International
Domestic Video Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Theatrical Distributor: Empire (Lebanon)
Theatrical Distributor: Intercom International Communication Services Ltd.
Theatrical Distributor: Sandrew Metronome Filmdistribution AS (Denmark)
Theatrical Distributor: Sandrew Metronome Norge AS (Norway)
Theatrical Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Sogefilms
Charlotte Weekly
By  Sean O'Connell
Critic Rating: 4 star rating 4
Jul 07, 2010
An imaginative but shamefully unsophisticated fantasy.
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Chicago Tribune
By  Betsy Sharkey
Critic Rating: 2 star rating 2
Jul 07, 2010
This children's movie focuses on an 11-year-old (Jimmy Bennett) with multiple tormentors and a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes. There are holes in the story that a 3-year-old could point out, the many fine grown-ups (Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader) are mostly squa ...


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