“Shorts,” written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, tells the story of a boy who finds a rainbow rock that grants wishes in a creative way. The narrative is separated into chapters with a voice-over narrator and the chapters are not chronological. This gives the movie the feel of reading a collection of short stories. Unfortunately, children will have trouble following the plot. But Rodriguez has thrown in enough silliness (telephone ears on one boy, a booger that grows to gargantuan proportions, upright-walking alligators) that children really won’t care what the story is about. The adults, however, will groan that this movie isn’t short enough. “Shorts” biggest fault? It’s not entertaining. 8/25/09
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