YMMV / Kazaam

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• Accidental Innuendo: There's this gem when Max makes his first wish:
  Max: I wish I had junk food from here to the sky!
  Kazaam: Why not? Higher than high!
• Awesome Music:
  • Say what you will about the movie, but its soundtrack is full of this, some examples include:
    • Wishes by Nathan Morris from Boyz II Men.
    • I'll Make Your Dreams Come True by Subway.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
  • Max morphing out of Kazaam's glass full of water. This is never mentioned or explained so we pretty much have no damn idea how or why it occurred. Even more strange is that the scene was featured quite prominently in advertising for the movie.
  • The flying French toast.
  • The bizarre "let's green egg and ham it" line in Kazaam's freestyle rap. The rest of the song is certainly not going to win any awards, but it is a typical "I Am" boastful song, yet that one lyric doesn't work on any level. It's just strange.
• Funny Moments: Max wishes for a LOT of junk food, and the first thing that falls out of the sky is a measly little cheeseburger.
  "That's it? A Happy Meal?"
• Mandela Effect: Source of an infamous example, as clearly the genie movie Shazaam with Sinbad is people misremembering Kazaam while mixing in the 1996 family movie Sinbad was in. Sinbad also hosted a Sinbad the Sailor movie marathon on TNT in 1994, where he dressed as a genie.
• Memetic Molester: The genie lies in bed with Max, bathes in front of him, and then kisses him on the face by the end of the film. Mind you, this is a 7'1" man and a young boy.
• Memetic Mutation: LET'S GREEN EGG AND HAM IT!
• Moment of Awesome: There is one and only one awesome scene and that is Kazaam beating up the bad guys towards the end.
  • The challenge Max delivers before Kazaam starts rapping in public is also way better than it has any right to be.
  Kazaam: What if they don't like me?
  Max: They already don't like you! The question is...what are you gonna do about it?
• Moral Event Horizon: Malik pushing Max down the elevator shaft, killing him.
• Nightmare Fuel: Kazaam — a 7'1" man with a terrifying Slasher Smile — chases Max, a little boy, across New York. See also Memetic Molester above.
• Questionable Casting: Shaq as a rapping genie? Seriously?
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Max is Weevil.
  • Malik, the Big Bad, is Ranjit.
  • Key To My Heart, one of the songs from the soundtrack, is sung by the pop group Choice, of which future pop star P!nk was a part of.
  • The kid that plays Elito (as well as provide Max's singing voice during "We Genie") is Wade Robson.
• So Bad, It's Good: Between the absurd concept of a rapping genie and Shaquille O'Neal's goofy performance, the movie's so outlandish that it actually becomes quite entertaining.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Max is supposed to be a lovable juvenile scamp, but he comes off as an unlikeable brat instead. It doesn't help that almost every conflict happens because of Max sticking his nose into business that he really shouldn't.

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