Shorts (also known as Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock and released internationally as The Wishing Rock) is a 2009 American family film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. [1] The film stars Leslie Mann, Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. Shortly after that, the movie was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures. [2] The film grossed $29 million [3] on a $20 million budget. It received mixed reviews from critics. It received a Warner Home Video. An Xbox video game of the same name was announced on 23 June 2009 with a prospective July release date in advance of the film's release, but was canceled. [4]
The film starts with a very busy suburban town in Elizabeth Avellan ). She convinces the boys to dispose of the rock, which Cole finds the next day to throw at Toby.
Episode Two Toby Thompson ( Devon Gearhart ) on the way to school. Toby speculates that Helvetica has feelings for him, infuriating Helvetica and leading Cole and his gang to start throwing rocks at Toby. One of the rocks they throw is the wishing rock, which Toby uses to wish for friends, which come in the form of small aliens. Toby takes the aliens to school, but their presence causes Toby and Helvetica to fall from the school's roof. This results in both Toby and Helvetica having casts put on both arms. The aliens leave, but Toby keeps the rock.
Episode Three Toby parents, Bill and Jane Thompson (Leslie Mann and booger mutate into a giant monster. After helping Nose's father ( 4th wall .
Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was released in cinemas on 21 August 2009 in the US by Warner Bros. Pictures, and on DVD and Blu-ray on 24 November 2009 by Warner Home Video. [ Reception [ ]