FeaturePG2005·92m·5.2

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

Smaller heroes. Just as super.

AdventureFamilyScience Fiction

Everyone always knew that Max had a wild imagination, but no one believed that his wildest creations -- a boy raised by watchful great white sharks and a girl with the force of a volcano -- were real. Now, these two pint-sized action masters will show Max that even an ordinary kid has what it takes to be extraordinary.

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Cast

Taylor Lautner

Sharkboy

Taylor Dooley

Lavagirl

Cayden Boyd

Max

David Arquette

Max's Dad

Kristin Davis

Max's Mom

Jacob Davich

Linus / Minus

Sasha Pieterse

Marissa / Ice Princess

George López

Mr. Electricidad / Tobor / Ice Guardian

Rico Torres

Sharkboy's Dad

Marc Musso

Classroom Kid #1

Shane Graham

Classroom Kid #2

Tiger Darrow

Classroom Kid #3

Racer Rodriguez

Sharkboy, Age 7

Rebel Rodriguez

Sharkboy, Age 5

Rocket Rodriguez

Lug

Robert Rodriguez

Shark (voice) (uncredited)

Araceli González

Principal (uncredited)

Peyton Hayslip

Teacher (uncredited)

Tania Haddad

Classroom Kid (uncredited)

Miraida Rios

(voice cast)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$50.0M
Revenue
$72.0M
Age rating
PG
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Troublemaker Studios

Crew

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Writers

Marcel Rodriguez, Robert Rodriguez, Racer Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

Director of Photography

Robert Rodriguez

Editor

Nina Proctor

Costume Design

Robert Rodriguez

Original Music Composer

Graeme Revell

Original Music Composer

John Debney

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

Kamurai

7/25/2020

3.0

Bad watch, won't watch again, and can't recommend. (Maybe for younger audiences) I understand that this is supposed to be a "power of imagination" kids story, but there is just a lot of garbage in this. The kids seem to do some fairly good acting for what they're asked to do, but I'm not sure why George Lopez was cast, but the writing is weak enough that it could easily just be the writing. The story is designed to look like it's just literally written haphazardly as they go, so it's hard to tell what's badly written, and what's correctly written to make it look like bad kid writing. While the characters of Sharkboy (especially) and Lavagirl are quite ridiculous, there are some fun things that they include throughout the movie, so its not like the movie is completely without quality, but piled together it was not an experience I'd want to do again.

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