A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.
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Mother Love
- Mrs. Duke
- (as JoAnne Hart)
Wade Robson
- Elito
- (as Wade J. Robson)
Juan Gabriel Reynoso
- Hassem
- (as Juan 'Rambo' Reynoso)
Said Faraj
- El-Baz
- (as Anthony Ferar)
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This is one of the most god-awful movies ever. Shaq better just stick to basketball. This movie took away apart of my life I will never have back. I will make fun of this movie until I die, and then some. It is so horrible it is not even funny. MST3000 would have a blast with this one.
This is the worst film I have ever seen.I was watching this film with some friends and after 40 minutes we had enough. The plot was bad and there wasn't a single likeable character.I could get more entertainment watching static. I gave this movie a 1 only because the scale didn't go into negative numbers. Avoid this movie at all costs.
What a pathetic movie.
I won't waste much time commenting about it. I'm still trying to get back the couple hours I wasted on it.
Let me leave it simply with - Shaq has NO BUSINESS being an actor or singer. He is utterly without talent at both discplines. It's a crying shame that substantially more talented people waste away in community theatres and karaoke bars while Shaq uses his name as a basketball player to undeservedly get cast in movies and cut CDs.
Much of the failure of this movie was the pathetic no-talent that is Shaq.
I won't waste much time commenting about it. I'm still trying to get back the couple hours I wasted on it.
Let me leave it simply with - Shaq has NO BUSINESS being an actor or singer. He is utterly without talent at both discplines. It's a crying shame that substantially more talented people waste away in community theatres and karaoke bars while Shaq uses his name as a basketball player to undeservedly get cast in movies and cut CDs.
Much of the failure of this movie was the pathetic no-talent that is Shaq.
The movie Kazaam featuring the multi-talented Shaquille O'Neal should be the standard which all movies are held to. Since originally viewing this wonderful work of cinema 15 years ago, I can say it has definitely held up to the test of time. I've yet to see a movie that even comes close to achieving the depth of character, raw emotion, and beauty that Kazaam portrays. Shaq is definitely a triple threat -- basketball, acting, and singing, what's next!? I can't wait to see more from this truly awe-inspiring man. This film has definitely slid under the radar of Hollywood critics, which I see as a blessing. I'd hate for this movie to get wildly popular and lose its innocence. Once I have children of my own, this will be one of the few movies I allow them to watch since it preaches such good morals & values. If you're debating whether to watch this film or not -- DO IT! Your life will never be the same in the best way possible.
Okay, Shaq can't act. But he doesn't need to; he's mostly there to be big and imposing. It's hardly a good movie, but it's an entertaining kidflick...
Did you know
- TriviaThis film was a critical and financial disaster, but Shaquille O'Neal has not expressed regret for his involvement. He said in a 2012 interview, "I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said, 'Hey, here's $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.' What am I going to say, no? So I did it."
- GoofsEven though the movie is based in Brooklyn, while Max is talking with his dad in the car, you see a bus with Red and Orange stripes roll by. Buses in New York have blue stripes. Red and Orange were the colors of the Metro buses in Los Angeles in the early to mid-1990s.
- Crazy creditsFilm title logo appears as the end credits are finished
- ConnectionsFeatured in Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
- SoundtracksFantastic Voyage
Written by Coolio (as Artis Ivey), Brian Dobbs, Fred Alexander (as Fred Alexander, Jr.), Norman Beavers,Mark Wood, Otis Stokes, Marvin Craig, Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby and Stephen Shockley
Performed by Coolio
Courtesy of Tommy Boy Records
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,937,262
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,001,588
- Jul 21, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $18,937,262
- Runtime
- 1h 33m(93 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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