The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)

This film is truly rubbish. The Director had previously got away with the Spy Kids trilogy but this significantly blots his copybook. It has been unashamedly focussed on delivering the 3D aspect at the expense of anything else, inclusive of decent acting and a comprehensive plotline. That said, I’m not the target audience and the concept of imaginary superhero partners with marginal superpowers did translate to the child, so you could argue it was mission accomplished. Even then though, it is not enough to forgive how poor and lazy this film is. We’ve watched worse but the wonky CGI, and 3D that wasn’t 3D, got tired very quickly.

Adult score: 1/5
Child score: 4/5
First thing the child said when the film finished: Nothing!