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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is actually a pretty enjoyable movie, for kids and older viewers. It's very creative, some odd but funny aspects, and quirky with the filming style and the mixed-up way of story telling. Like I said, it's not for everyone, but if you're okay with not everything making 100% sense, it's pretty fun.In, sort of a Pulp Fiction style, it tells the story in mixed around shorts, it's really easy to connect them and figure out what order they go in, and it's pretty obvious it's a gimmick ​or gimmick's ​​sake, but it's still fun, and I don't give it any hate for that.For ages 5-10, I'd give it a 9For ages 11-14, I'd give it a 7 or 8For ages 15-20, I'd give it a 6 or 7For ages 21+, I'd give it a 4 or 5But I, 16, found it very enjoyable, and give it a 6.5

Eleven-year-old Toe finds life a bag full of troubles. Till he discovers a make-a-wish rock that turns out to be the solution to all his troubles. Also, the reason for a suburban town's troubles.The movie is divided into six, jumbled up episodes and its bursting with special effects. SHORTS is far from entertaining. Staring contests, giant dung beetles, aliens and walking crocodiles - Rodriguez crams them all into the 90-minute film about needing to be careful what you wish for - literally. Director Robert Rodriguez has tried very hard to sustain the interest of young viewers by keeping scene durations short and gags long. I watched this movie along with my 12 year old cousin and he looked happy. I found it interesting in parts, like the opening scene between the brother and sister challenging each other as to who could resist blinking longer than the other.Helevetica Black played by Jolie Vanier is the only kid who showed any potential. She could be a good actress in the future. The adults don't really have much part to play in this. Jon Cryer and Leslie Mann who play Toe Thompson's parents have a very funny scene where they both wish to be closer to each other and are merged together to the hip. This is a spoof or nod to the Hindu god and goddess, Shiva and Parvathi. These gods believe in equality in every aspect of their existence and Shiva merges into Parvathi to prove that man and woman are equal. That form is called 'Ardha-Naareeshwara'. I liked that a lot. I'll be generous in my view and give this movie a 6 because it is a movie made for kids. 10 year olds & younger will really enjoy this and will have lots to talk about in school after watching this. It is a good age to think magic is real and everything they wish will come true because of a rock. Hey, I thought Aladdin's lamp and Hogwarts were real when I was younger..! 6/10

There is a black box that does everything you need and it provides so many jobs for the town including Jimmy Bennett (Toe Thompson) parents Leslie Mann (Mrs. Thompson) and Jon Cryer (Mr. Thompson). Toe finds a rainbow rock that if you are holding it, you can wish for anything you want which everyone in the neighborhood seems to figure out once they get a hold of it.Jimmy Bennett, recently played the younger James T. Kirk in the new "Star Trek" does a really great job narrating you through this movie and has been moving his way up starring in more acting roles. Mann and Cryer are well known actors as well as Kat Dennings and William H. Macy also starring in this film. This movie gives you laughs and is really interesting to see if you had a rock with the powers to do anything what you would actually wish for. A great movie to watch with the whole family and I'm sure even the adults could get into the movie too.

You could do worse than to take your kids to see this film.I'm rating this on the same level I rated "The Final Destination" and "GI JOE.""The Final Destination" was a silly gimmicky horror film. "GI JOE" was a silly generic action film. "Shorts" is just a silly generic kids film, and when I say it's a kids film, I mean it's a KIDS film.Children will either like it or they won't. It's got a lot of stuff in it that will probably keep an undiscerning 5-10 year old entertained for an hour and a half. However, anyone over a certain age will just go... "Hey, that's kind of ridiculous..."The acting ranges from good to bad. The special effects are mostly obvious CG effects. The story is kind of lame, but it's a kids movie. Really everything in this film is just... OK. It's not a terrible film, but there's nothing that really makes it stand out either. The one thing I kind of liked was the story structure and editing style, but that's just about it. I just think its a kids film that tries a little too hard to be "just for kids." It doesn't really respect the intelligence of the kids watching it, but if the kids aren't picky anyway, it's not really a problem.I wouldn't really recommend it, but there's nothing wrong with it. If you just want to take your child to a movie, and this is the only thing playing, I'd say go for it. But its not something you absolutely have to see.5/10 - Generic kids film, but it's not terrible.