Kazaam

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Summary: Kazaam is Kagreat
Review: never underestimate shaq when he turns to the big screen. anything that he is in is automatically great, i think that it does rank right up there with Moses and hocus pocus, those were 2 other great movies that shaq should have been in. I hope this review is under the 1000 word maximum, because if it isnt then i will have to shorten it.

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Summary: Wow, this is, well bad.
Review: No I mean really bad. I have know clue what possessed me to se this terrible thing. This film is in need for the MST3K treatment. It is now becoming notorious as one one of the worst movies ever made, and it deserves that status. Usually genie movies suck, and this one was no exception. Anything with a basketball player who tries to start an acting career as a genie in a boom bow has to be bad; and it is. It's even got the most corny sentimentality you'll ever see in a movie, and it's message about second chances in life it absolutely awful. This is even insulting to kids. I mean please people if you have any humanity left in you, you would not punish your children by making them watch this horrendous thing. It's garbage, and if easily one of the worst movies ever. Goodness this stinks. Even worse than Howard the Duck, and that's saying a lot.

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Summary: OMG!
Review: okay I didn't care for shaq's acting or the movie or anything esle BUT...Wade J Robson! what a hottie! lol you gotta see this movie! and look for Wade! he plays Elito! cutie! lol anyway bye!

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Summary: wham bam thank you kazaam
Review: Pure cinematic excellence! Im not sure when I first had the privlige of experiencing this gem. A towering genie that pops from a boombox is the most amazing movie concept ever! Shaq should have won an emmy and an oscar. It also portrays middle eastern characters in a positive light. Who knew that they weren't all terrorists? That kid represents a modren hero of our time who triumphs over poverty and hate. It is a pity that Shaq is no longer acting. ShaqFu 4 ever! I recommend his outstanding rap cd's.

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Summary: I'm Speechless
Review: Rarely does one find a film that takes you on the emotional roller coater ride that I experienced watching this little slice of heaven. Francis Capra is a brilliant genius and the way Shaq plays so many different characters left me completely in awe. I have no idea why this film was passed over for an Oscar.
When I was doing a character study for a part as a rapping genie in a Broadway production of Mrs. Saigon, I watched this film repeatedly. Eventually the film became a huge part of my life and watching the film helped me overcome a painul divorce and an addiction to painkillers. This movie is fun for both kids and adults and if I were not serving 15-20 in prison right now, you can bet that I would be sitting in my living room with a bag of pretzels and a diet root beer having the time of my life.

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Summary: This movie rocks
Review: Shaq is a genius. I've seen him play basketball and his acting skills are far superior. If he's a method actor, he has successfully demonstrated a new method that no one has ever seen before. I also went to NYU film school and this movie was used in class as an inspirational tool. Forget about the whole genie aspect. I mean, a seven-foot black dude comes out of a bottle and grants wishes! This movie deserves 30,000 stars. If I had a genie I would wish for Kazaam II.

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Summary: This movie rocks
Review: Shaq is a genius. I've seen him play basketball and his acting skills are far superior. If he's a method actor, he has successfully demonstrated a new method that no one has ever seen before. I also went to NYU film school and this movie was used in class as an inspirational tool. Forget about the whole genie aspect. I mean, a seven-foot black dude comes out of a bottle and grants wishes! This movie deserves 30,000 stars. If I had a genie I would wish for Kazaam II.

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Summary: Finally, Something Uglier Than One of his Free Throws
Review: Shaq is easily the most dominating player in the NBA right now. He does things other people can't do. He should stay to playing ball and leave the movies to someone else.

Kazaam is simple enough story. Shaq is a stupid genie who ends up becoming some kids servant. He ends up becoming friends with the kid and they have to avoid getting in trouble and a bunch of other stupid stuff.

The movie wasn't all that funny. The funniest scenes are watching Shaq. He is so huge. His pure size becomes funny. Watching him act is the second funniest part of the film. He is so horrible. He can't use emotion at all and he can't flat out act.

Kazaam was best described in Scary Movie. In the beginning of the movie Carmen Electras character is asked whats her favorite scary movie. She answers with Kazaam. The guy says back that Kazaam isn't a scary movie. Carmen says, you haven't seen Shaq act. This movie really is that bad. I wouldn't waste my money buying or renting it. I just lost brain cells by watching it on TV one night.

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Summary: Shaq can do it all.
Review: Shaq is truly God's gift to the world. He can sing, he can act, he can toss free throws. Let's face it, the man can do it all.

Kazaam is a movie unlike any other. Now some would say that Shaq's acting is so wooden he could play Pinnochio, but I argue with that. Shaq was playing a genie, a magical, rapping, abracadabra, hocus-pocus genie. The hippest, illest, defest, genie you ever laid eyes on. It is not for us to rate this film, it is for us to thank Shaq for taking the time to make this movie.

Now some would say that he can't even act his way through a 30 second commercial for Nestle Crunch or Burger King. I argue the point again. Shaq has the intelligence and mastery of the English language that we mortals can only hope to achieve. He is the reigning king of entertainment.

Others will also say that the man is slightly retarded and that if not for his great height, he would be lucky to ride the back of a garbage truck in Chicago as a sanitation engineer. I say those people have a real attitude problem.

Shaq can do it all. I am looking forward to his opera album, his cooking show, his line of BVD briefs, and last but certainly not least, I am looking forward to Shaq teaming up with Ice-T. Shaq will take over lead guitar duties for the reformed Body Count. Of course I hope his Broadway run doesn't interfere with the world tour.

Rock on Shaq, it's your world. We only breathe your air.

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Summary: Explosive Tour-De-Force
Review: Showing that the acting skill he showed in "Blue Chips" was by no means a fluke, basketball phenomenon and rap superstar Shaquille O'Neal returns to the increasingly comfortable confines of the silver screen to show the world that Shaq Diesel is at least a three-trick pony after all.

Underachieiving alcoholic street poet Kazaam (O'Neal) would like nothing more than to crawl up and die inside a bottle. When things appear to be at their most desperate, enter the highly opportunistic Max Conner (Francis Capra) who takes him under his wing. The young Conner promises that the exertion will be great, but the payoff will be greater. Through their business and personal relationship, Kazaam gets the opportunity to bounce ideas around with a veritable who's who among Manhattan's literary glitterati. What Kazaam doesn't know is that Conner isn't on the up and up, believes that he "owns" Kazaam, and wants Kazaam to follow the letter of his law at all costs. The personal crises that rage behind Kazaam's delicate facade fuel the action of the second half of this film, leading up to a powerful ending that will leave you surprised and exhausted.

After pushing his dramatic range in "Blue Chips," many might have expected a sophomore slump for Shaq. Those predictions are soundly put to rest with his Kazaam. More than anything, this film is a study in present day race relations wrapped in action-drama clothing, and Kazaam's moral and personal awakening is at the center. Newcomer Capra is perfectly fine as the thinly veiled racist with an agenda, but without Shaq's wonderful -- and most of all believable -- performance this film could have come across as preachy.

As "Kazaam" stands, however, it is a marvel. One can't help but wonder how this script escaped Spike Lee. No matter since Paul Micheal Glaser picked this one up running. Once you've seen it, and invariably seen it again, you'll know that this was one project that was a "slam dunk."