Still, “Sharkboy and Lavagirl” remains a spirited romp guaranteed to engross even the most attention-deficient pre-teens. Perfs by the three young leads are winningly sincere and unaffected.

Sharkboy and Lavagirl feature as parents of a daughter in Netflix's We Can Be Heroes Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

We Can Be Heroes, the standalone sequel to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, begins streaming on Netflix on Jan. 1. Sharkboy and Lavagirl are back — but it's their daughter who's ...