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Kazaam (1996)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:1
Rotten:23
Average Rating:2.3/10
Theatrical Release: Jul 17, 1996 Wide
Synopsis: This junk-candy movie stars Shaquille O'Neal as a genie who not only becomes a little boy's protector but also a problem in his oversized ubiquity.... This junk-candy movie stars Shaquille O'Neal as a genie who not only becomes a little boy's protector but also a problem in his oversized ubiquity. Kids will enjoy the concept and the ongoing visual joke of juxtaposing a small child with O'Neal, but the film (directed by Paul Michael Glaser) isn't always particularly wholesome. It also has that messy, semiliterate storytelling look where editing logic goes out the window in favor of a more impulsive style of throwing out one busy image after another. --Tom Keogh [More]
Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, Marshall Manesh (II)
Starring: Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, Marshall Manesh (II), James Acheson, Fawn Reed, John Costelloe, Marshall Manesh
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
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REVIEWS FOR KAZAAM
Too gritty, violent and downbeat for tykes, it's also a bit juvenile and fairy tale-like for teens and older auds.
As fairy tale, buddy comedy, family drama, thriller or rap revue, Kazaam is simply uninspired and unconvincing, and Mr. O'Neal, who can carry a basketball team, lacks the charisma to rescue this misguided effort.
The visual trickery might delight children, but Kazaam will leave even them wishing for more of the genie's playful trickery to make up for lackluster comedy in the story.
The movie's producers could use a genie of their own. Surely, if granted three wishes, they could have produced a better film.
This is as witless as movies come -- an unamusing, moronic blend of horrible acting and inept screenwriting.
As for Shaquille O'Neal, given his own three wishes the next time, he should go for a script, a director and an interesting character.
This is a dull, meritless movie that is bafflingly labeled a comedy.
Only Shaquille O'Neal works at his part, the rest of the cast barely work up a sweat.
It's full of special effects that are big on smoke and noise, but short on logic and payoff. Scenes are sloppily edited, as if to imply that lower standards can acceptably be palmed off on kiddie audiences.
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