"Shorts"
Wishing for a innovative and imaginative family film? Look no further than Robert Rodriguez’s Shorts.
The visionary director has crafted a 21st century fairy tale that’s cool enough for the kids and smart enough for the adults. The cool factor comes from Rodriguez’s fast-forward and rewind narrative structure that nods to Pulp Fiction with a big grin. Shorts is basically a cinematic playground for Rodriguez and the child stars, and that’s why it’s so fun.
This is a fairy tale for the iPhone generation. Toe Thompson (Jimmy Bennett) discovers a rainbow-colored “wishing rock” that grants any wish he can come up with. The rock can summon pint-size alien friends or an endless supply of chocolate bars.
Toe is in desperate need of friends when the movie kicks off. His parents, the hilarious duo of Jon Cryer and Leslie Mann, are too tied up in their jobs working at the company that made the BLACK BOX—the ultimate all-in-one device to truly give Toe time. The BLACK BOX is a phone,
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