I remember Ebert going off on this film while appearing on Conan O'Brien back when; he was really, really agitated about details that did not meet with his favor; like the kid wishing for basically a huge mound of sweets and thus modern candy bars came raining down instead of the dates and other fruits Ebert thought would be more appropriate for a djinn that had been stuck in a bottle for a long time.
O'Brien: (roughly paraphrasing) "You're upset about the lack of realism in a movie starring Shaquille Oneal as a rapping genie."
As a failed clone and movie star, he was ultimately recycled.
FUN FACT: After the flesh was stripped from his still-quivering body, and his bones ground down and then reduced to their basic components, approximately 97% of his materials were used in the creation of Shia Lebeouf.