The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 121
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 97
The decision to turn this kiddie fantasy into a 3-D film was a miscalculation.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 27
The decision to turn this kiddie fantasy into a 3-D film was a miscalculation.
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Writer and director Robert Rodriguez returns to the family-friendly adventure of his Spy Kids movies with this three-dimensional action opus. Max (Cayden Boyd) is a ten-year-old boy who doesn't get along with his peers and is constantly bullied at school. But Max has an active imagination, and he has a pair of very special imaginary playmates -- Shark Boy (Taylor Lautner), a human-shark half-breed cared for by a pack of great whites, and Lava Girl (Taylor Dooley), a girl with superpowers who can
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Cast
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Taylor Lautner
Shark Boy -
Taylor Dooley
Lava Girl -
Cayden Boyd
Max -
George Lopez
Ice Guardian, Mr. Elect... -
David Arquette
Dad -
Kristin Davis
Mom -
Jacob Davich
Minus -
Sasha Pierterse
Marissa / Ice Princess -
Rico Torres
Shark Boy's Dad -
Rebel Rodriguez
Shark Boy (age 5) -
Racer Rodriguez
Shark Boy (age 7) -
Sasha Pieterse
Ice Princess, Marissa -
Rocket Rodriguez
Lug -
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All Critics (135) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (101) | DVD (13)
It's terrible 3-D. I think the story is terrible as well.
Top CriticA half-baked world no kid would want to visit.
Nothing's scary, and everything's so light it's on the verge of evaporating.
A movie that fails on nearly every level.
Shark Boy and Lava Girl have about as much appeal as a dogfish and a melting Barbie doll.
Kids will love the 3-D aspect of this movie.
Robert Rodriquez continues in the vein of his "Spy Kids" films with another visually frenetic kiddie crowd-pleaser that will leave adult chaperons exiting the cinema nursing headaches.
A fun summer film for grade school kids, it avoids the subtle meanness and double entendres that filmmakers sometimes insert into films geared to children.
Older viewers may feel a bit restless during the last act of the 93-minute show, as the resolution is being worked out, but you never have to wait too long for the next object to come bouncing out of the screen and into your popcorn.
Rodriguez es un niño grande que trabaja como cineasta, pero niño al fin y al cabo. Esa es la verdadera tercera dimensión del filme, la de su corazón infantil
No amount of bells & whistles can salvage a screenplay this half-baked.
A movie for kids, by kids, even if Rodriguez was there for a little bit of technical supervision.
Robert Rodriguez gives a window into his family, and his recipes, with 3-D beamed to your home!
Audience Reviews for The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
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Lets start with the acting, though UI don;t know ehere to start considering there wasn;t a single good actor here. Let's talk about the films 2 lowlights, Cayden Boyd and Taylor Latner. Boyd is officially the worst actor I have ever seen, child or otherwise. He overacts on every line, and when he tries to get emotional? Two words. My God. Taylor Latner was pretty bad too. You can tell he was trying to be badass, like Ghost Rider or something, but it just comes out as lame and stupid.
The special affects were really bad too. In fact, they are so bad, too bad, that in one scene when the main character falls on Max's fin, it bends like cardboard.
As in most kids "superhero" films, the jokes were really bad. Especially the one scene where Sharkboy steps in chocalate. Sometimes, reverse psychology can be funny, but here? About as funny as Bob's Burgers, and they are REALLY unfunny. And finally, why did Sharkboy have to sing? I'm hoping that was a joke, because if it wasn't,...Let's just hope it is.
Bottom line, this might be even worse than Spy Kids 3.
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Foreign Titles
- The Adventures Of Shark Boy And Lava Girl 3-D (UK)
- Las aventuras del Niño Tiburón y la Niña de Fuego 3D (ES)
