Shorts (2009)

89 min · Family Comedy, children's film, fantasy film

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Robert Rodriguez

Cast

Jimmy Bennett, William H. Macy, James Spader, Jake Short

The story

Episode Zero - The Blinkers In this prelude, a boy and a girl play a game of "Who Blinks First" where whoever blinks first has to do "you know what". Their staring contest goes through every event including sleeping. However, due to their mother disrupting the game, they had to start over.

Catalogue themes and tags

Bogey, Brother, Chaos, Communicator, Flying Saucers, Greed, Großkonzern, Inventor, Monsters, Mädchen Gang, Rainbow, Secret Love, Sheltered Childhood, Stone, Teasing, Underdog, Vororte, Wizardry, Wünsche, Zauberkraft, strange Family, Family Film, Comedy, Adventure

Genres

Family Comedy, children's film, fantasy film

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