The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)

Original title

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

Directed by

Robert Rodriguez

Genre

black comedy, fantasy film, horror film, superhero film, teen film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 1,620 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ten-year-old boy named Max imagines two superhero friends named Sharkboy and Lavagirl. They take him to a dream planet called Planet Drool where they battle a villain who wants to cover it in darkness.

whimsicalchildlikefantasticalfast-pacedgoofycolorfulsillydated

What happens

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (marketed as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D) is a 2005 American 3D superhero film, co-written and directed by Robert Rodriguez, and starring Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis and George Lopez. In the film, ten-year-old Max's dreamed-up superheroes Sharkboy and Lavagirl travel to his world and take him to Planet Drool, where they must stop Mr. Electric and Minus's plan to control the planet with darkness. Many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguez's children, most notably Racer Max. The film uses anaglyph 3D technology, similar to that used in Rodriguez's Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Sharkboy and Lavagirl was released in the United States on June 10, 2005, by Miramax Films under its Dimension Films label, with Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing International) releasing in other territories. It received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office disappointment, grossing $72 million against a budget of $50 million. However, it has since garnered a cult following. A sequel, We Can Be Heroes, was released in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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