Il mistero della pietra magica

I am not the target audience for SHORTS because I am soon to be 24 and I live alone. Yet I heard for years about this and since it has such a bad reputation I wanted to finally try it last summer despite I expected to hate it but, to my surprise, I liked it very much and couldn't believe why it has lots of negative reviews and a paltry 4,6.

The film is set in Black Falls where a kid named Toe Thompson finds a magic and multi-colored rock that gives its owner the ability to grant all his wishes but when news of the rock break, everyone hopes to obtain it. Despite this is the plot the movie is made of a series of short films that are all interconnected and all involve crazy situations and various characters such as Toe's parents (Leslie Mann and Jon Cryer), villanious Mr. Black (James Spader) that is the CEO of Toe's dad's company, Doctor Noseworthy (William Macy) that has to deal with monsters after his son eats a booger and various others.

I loved the CGI and especially the crocodiles at the beginning, they were so cute that I wanted to hug them. The humour was clean and most of the situations made me laugh a lot, such as the party at Black's mansions or the monsters in Doctor Noseworthy's house or when Toe's classmate eats one of the school's goldfish. The acting was adequate, nothing to rave about.

Overall, a great kids movie that is better than its score and reviews might suggest. Don't always let your inner child captive because some movies are to be enjoyed at any age, and this is one of them.