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The Adventures Of Shark Boy And Lava Girl

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Average rating
(54%)
 
Starring: Taylor Dooley | Taylor Lautner | Cayden Boyd | David Arquette | Kristin Davis | Georges Lopez
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Studio: SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 89 mins
Genres: Action/Adventure | Family
Languages: English
Dubbed: Italian, Polish
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: Dutch, English, Hindi, Italian, Polish
Released: February 27, 2006
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Robert Rodriguez (SPY KIDS, DESPERADO) directed this hyperkinetic kids' film based on a script by his pre-teen son, Racer. The plot concerns a daydreaming youngster named Max (Cayden Boyd) whose fantasy stories about the titular superheroes the molten-hot Lava Girl (Taylor Dooley), and a boy raised by sharks appropriately named Shark Boy (Taylor Lautner) inspire the ridicule of everyone from the local bullies to his own mom (Kristin Davis). Even Max's fourth grade teacher (George Lopez) wants him to come down to earth, but then a tornado brings Shark Boy and Lava Girl into the school to whisk Max off to the planet Drool, where only his dreaming skills can save the day.

Sight and Sound

The technology is effective in adding a dreamy sensation to shooshing rollercoasters... Rodriguez has fabricated a vividly imagined and wittily realised dreamscape

Highest rated reviews

4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:


Surprising good

MHP7VoDVGH from , 24th May, 2006

I like superhero movies and this intrigued me, so when I came to watch it I wondered what would happen.

Its clear that the original idea came from a kid, but the story is fantastic. I can see a successful writing/ scripting future ahead.

It would be nice to see a sequel to see what happens to Lavagirl and Sharkboy. The two titled characters are both named Taylor in real life I bet that was confusing!

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3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:


sharkboy lavagirl

A Customer from glasgow, 6th April, 2006

great fun for the kids

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:


Better than average for 7-year-olds

A Customer from Oxford, 21st April, 2006

My boys liked this film - with its special effects and 'fairly' engaging storyline. Wouldn't describe it as family viewing - didn't do much for me, but was better than average and did hold their interest for several sittings. (We tend to watch our DVDs more than once.)However, viewers should be aware that there is a 3-D version on the DVD if you've got the 3-D glasses. (There's nothing about this on the rental information.) We sat through it with some very weird colours, etc. before realising that there was a 2-D option on the menu!

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Most recent reviews


children enjoyed

A Customer from Harpenden, 19th July, 2008

Not my sort of film but then is for children and mine thoroughly enjoyed

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shark boy and larva girl

josey from from Chester le Street, 31st January, 2008

my children really loved this, especially my 8 yr old he watched this every day for about 2weeks and was upset when we had to send it back

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was not my cup of tea

raven from from Birmingham, 28th November, 2007

my son liked it, thats all that mattered.

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ONE FOR THE KIDS ONLY

Paul Franklin from Leeds, 27th November, 2007

great if you are 10 years old - horrible if you are not and have to sit and watch this with a 10 year old!!!! This is definately a kids movie and not a family movie.

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