The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

PG

Released Jun 10, 2005

1 hr. 32 min.

Kids & Family

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

List

20%

123 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Bullied by classmates, young Max (Cayden Boyd) escapes into a fantasy, conjuring up the action-packed lives of Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) and Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner). But one day, Lavagirl and Sharkboy suddenly come to life -- and their world, Planet Drool, needs a hero named Max. As Max escapes to Planet Drool, he battles aliens and tries to save his new friends' planet from destruction. He also battles his bullies, who have become villains like the Ice Princess (Sasha Pieterse).

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Critics Consensus

The decision to turn this kiddie fantasy into a 3-D film was a miscalculation.

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Beastmaster M

This movie has aged horribly

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Platty the Perrypus W

Yeah it's ugly, it's silly, it's nonsensical, but it's fun, much like how a dream would typically be.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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ZÃ¶e

People who give this movie anything less than the art-defining 5 stars it deserves, are, in the words of Max (no last name?) "trash". Paraphrasing. This movie is high camp, a masterpiece, and was snubbed during Oscars season of (2006?? when did this piece of art come out?). This is a 5/5 film, 10/10, *****. Shark boy and lava girl will save humankind. Where there is light, there is shark. - shark boy and lava girl (paraphrasing).

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Hargie M

Creative and filled with eccentric ideas, but lacks in emotional impact and wit.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Antonio G

Purely a nostalgia review

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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zak_el_artista :V

De niño me gusto por ser entretenida, tiene un buen guion y buena trama lo único malo que veo en la pelicula son sus efectos.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/13/24

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Robert Rodriguez

Director

Taylor Lautner

Shark Boy

Taylor Dooley

Lava Girl

Cayden Boyd

Max

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David Arquette

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Rated: 1/5

Aug 26, 2005

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Rated: 2/4

Jul 5, 2005

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Robert Denerstein

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Rated: D+

Jul 5, 2005

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

The film’s naïve charm, filtered through Rodriguez’s big kid-in-a-candy-store filmmaking sensibility, engages on the level of childlike—and at times defiantly, delightfully childish—imagination.

Apr 14, 2023

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Common Sense Media Editors

Common Sense Media

Kids will love the 3-D aspect of this movie.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Robert Rodriquez continues in the vein of his "Spy Kids" films with another visually frenetic kiddie crowd-pleaser that will leave adult chaperons exiting the cinema nursing headaches.

Rated: C

Jul 2, 2009

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Synopsis

Bullied by classmates, young Max (Cayden Boyd) escapes into a fantasy, conjuring up the action-packed lives of Lavagirl (Taylor Dooley) and Sharkboy (Taylor Lautner). But one day, Lavagirl and Sharkboy suddenly come to life -- and their world, Planet Drool, needs a hero named Max. As Max escapes to Planet Drool, he battles aliens and tries to save his new friends' planet from destruction. He also battles his bullies, who have become villains like the Ice Princess (Sasha Pieterse).

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Executive Producer: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Dimension Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG (Rude Humor|Mild Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 10, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $39.2M
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby SRD, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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