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Kazaam

  • 19961996
  • PGPG
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
3.1/10
25K
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Francis Capra and Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.
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A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.
IMDb RATING
3.1/10
25K
YOUR RATING
    • Paul Michael Glaser
    • Paul Michael Glaser(story)
    • Christian Ford(screenplay)
    • Roger Soffer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shaquille O'Neal
    • Francis Capra
    • Ally Walker
    • Paul Michael Glaser
    • Paul Michael Glaser(story)
    • Christian Ford(screenplay)
    • Roger Soffer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Shaquille O'Neal
    • Francis Capra
    • Ally Walker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 115User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
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    Francis Capra and Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
    Ally Walker in Kazaam (1996)
    Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
    Francis Capra and Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
    Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
    Ally Walker and Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
    Francis Capra and Shaquille O'Neal in Kazaam (1996)
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    Shaquille O'Neal
    Shaquille O'Neal
    • Kazaam
    Francis Capra
    Francis Capra
    • Maxwell 'Max' Connor
    Ally Walker
    Ally Walker
    • Alice Connor
    James Acheson
    James Acheson
    • Nick
    John Costelloe
    John Costelloe
    • Travis
    Marshall Manesh
    Marshall Manesh
    • Malik
    Fawn Reed
    Fawn Reed
    • Asia Moon
    Mother Love
    Mother Love
    • Mrs. Duke
    • (as JoAnne Hart)
    Brandon Durand
    • Vasquez
    Wade Robson
    Wade Robson
    • Elito
    • (as Wade J. Robson)
    Jake Glaser
    Jake Glaser
    • Jake
    Efren Ramirez
    Efren Ramirez
    • Carlos
    Jonathan Carrasco
    • Z-Dog
    Jesse Perez
    Jesse Perez
    • Vasquez's Sidekick
    Todd Sible
    • Engineer Ed
    Juan Gabriel Reynoso
    Juan Gabriel Reynoso
    • Hassem
    • (as Juan 'Rambo' Reynoso)
    Said Faraj
    Said Faraj
    • El-Baz
    • (as Anthony Ferar)
    Randall Bosley
    Randall Bosley
    • Foad
      • Paul Michael Glaser
      • Paul Michael Glaser(story)
      • Christian Ford(screenplay)
      • Roger Soffer(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Despite the fact that this film was a critical and financial disaster, Shaquille O'Neal has not expressed regret for his involvement. He said in a 2012 interview, "I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said, 'Hey, here's $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.' What am I going to say, no? So I did it."
    • Goofs
      Even though the movie is based in Brooklyn, while Max is talking with his dad in the car, you see a bus with Red and Orange stripes roll by. Buses in New York have blue stripes. Red and Orange were the colors of the Metro buses in Los Angeles in the early to mid-1990s.
    • Quotes

      Kazaam: [while rapping] Let's green egg and ham it!

    • Crazy credits
      Film title logo appears as the end credits are finished
    • Connections
      Featured in Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Fantastic Voyage
      Written by Coolio (as Artis Ivey), Brian Dobbs, Fred Alexander (as Fred Alexander, Jr.), Norman Beavers,Mark Wood, Otis Stokes, Marvin Craig, Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby and Stephen Shockley
      Performed by Coolio
      Courtesy of Tommy Boy Records

    User reviews115

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    KAZAAM *1/2 OF ****
    Shaquille O' Neal plays a rapping genie helping a kid(his name....who cares) to re-unite with his work~a~holic father. OK, this movie is deeply flawed, mild in entertainment, but with all of these rappers and basketball stars (Omarion in "You Got Served, Darius Miles in "The Perfect Score) in movies playing rappers and basketball stars, at least Shaq attempts to be a genie,and TRIES to stretch his acting ability by being something he's not. Besides that, the kid's wishes are implausible, seeing as candy bars and burgers rain (through a roof somehow) and come down perfect in order and unsmushed. I can't see which audience this is targeting. Kids won't be awed and 12+ will be laughing for all of the wrong reasons.

    VERDICT: *1/2 of **** Not Recommended
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    • ChoneFiggins
    • Apr 23, 2004

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    • Release date
      • July 17, 1996 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Interscope Communications
      • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
      • Touchstone Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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