
Shorts
Taste attributes: comedyfamilyfantasyadventurefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & varied
"Not So TALL Tales From The Director Of 'Spy Kids'"
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and stylish: a light comedy, wholesome rather than dark. Best if you like polish over grit.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.9 /10
TMDB · 222 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Robert Rodriguez
Cast
- Jimmy Bennett
- Jake Short
- Kat Dennings
- Trevor Gagnon
- Devon Gearhart
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
- Taste scores
- How we score
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