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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 15% Rotten Page   1   1.5/4 "Robert Rodriguez overloads the kiddie material and leaves the parents in the audience rolling their eyes for most of the show."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari D "Shark Boy is a brave undertaking, but for anyone over 9 years of age, it’s also a complete chore to sit through."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf C "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."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/5 "You don’t need the 3D glasses to see the flaws."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/5 "This film simply doesn’t even work in two dimensions."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2/4 "Reminds us, unequivocally, why 3-D failed to catch on. "Special" effects notwithstanding, this Robert Rodriguez quickie is strictly for the younger set."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 1.5/4 "Has a rushed, thrown-together feel to it made all the more glaring by cheesy 3-D that is ugly and doesn't work in any way, shape or form."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C "Imagination is important. WE GET IT. Now how about coming up with an interesting story?"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Rodriguez would be advised to take a step back from the chintzy, plastic red-and-blue eyewear since what’s on the screen is already more than enough."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C- "Nothing to celebrate: it's a garish, cluttered piece of plasticine whimsy that's as derivative as it is leaden."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/4 "A jumble of concepts and half-baked imaginings."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 4/10 "We find only disjointed clamor and confusion amid a babble of noise and flashing lights. The movie seemed to me little more than a clever afternoon special."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 3/4 "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"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 2/5 "If I were eight years old, I probably would think this movie was the greatest film ever made. However, being an adult, the movie just irritated me."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr D- "Mind-numbingly boring and woodenly acted...The Rodriguezes are subjecting everyone to their own home movie"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B- "The juvenile inspiration gives the film its creative spark, making it the coolest home movie project imaginable for a father and son."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[L]ooks and sounds and feels as if it were... made by kids who’d broken into Dad’s toolshed and borrowed his filmmaking toys."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "Considering the fact that Sharkboy and Lavagirl is packed wall-to-wall with fantastic worlds of imagination, I’d rather have seen them in [full] color than in 3-D."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan "Dreams are necessary, but without focus and meaning they are cotton candy -- a sweet delight until it melts away, leaving a sugar buzz and a sticky film on your teeth."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow .5/4 "Sharkboy offers up a piece of sage advice when he remarks, "You snooze, you win.""   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager D "Some dreams are better left unrealized. "   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 1.5/5 "No amount of bells & whistles can salvage a screenplay this half-baked."   DVDTalk.com   Scott Weinberg B "There is such a joy of play in the film that it's easy to overlook the overdone performances and the lazy script shortcuts."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1.5/4 "Movies this tiresome and obvious have no business in multiplexes."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 2/10 "Robert Rodriguez' paternal love for his son is admirable - but not if you have to pay the price of admission to this fumbling fiasco."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 0/4 "Of course your children will enjoy it--given enough flashing lights and farting noises, they'll like a George Lucas movie."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw Read review   Soundwaves Cinema   Don R. Lewis Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr.  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 15% Rotten Page   1