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Total reviews: 26
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Wild movie 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
The Thornberrys are a delightful family, but there's nothing subtle about this film. It's not bad enough for the bad guys to be poachers; they would also stoop to murdering children to bag a single animal. The lighter side of this story is fun and engaging, and the animation is wonderful. Darwin the chimp is so cute. Is it too much of a challenge to feature the Thornberrys in a more realistic and less violent environmental movie? Teenagers may be too old to appreciate this film's charms, but it's more than tolerable for parents.
yuk! 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 9 people found this review helpful.
This movie is a no-no! No watch this! This bad for brain! Your brain melt!
A good movie spin off from the clever TV series 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.
The family (mum, dad, daughter 10, son 8) saw this at the cinema and really enjoyed it. Its works well as a DVD on the small screen as well and has quite a serious storyline, although to honest our kids have only watched it a few times, so perhaps try renting as well. Our children prefered to watch their many hours of TV Wild Thornberry episodes on video instead, as there is far more variety. However this is a very successful movie translation with quite a strong story for kids. It's not unlike Tarzan really with it's England public school sequences. Your children would probably appreciate it more if they are familiar with the TV series (but then they will have probably seen it already), and unfortunately the TV series isn't being screened much at the moment. I think the film will still make perfect sense if you aren't familiar The Wild Thornberries (it's just the exact reason why Eliza can talk to animals that is glossed over). I preferred this movie to the later 'Rugrat's go wild'. It's particularly of interest to a UK audience as Nigel Thornberry is very 1950s English, and a cross between David Attenborough and George Sanders (Sheer Khan in The Jungle Book). Plus any film with Brit Tim Curry involved is always fun (the voice of Nigel). There's also Lynn Redgrave as Cordelia Thornberry - Nigel's mum. The film particularly suites girls as both main leads are girls (although the animal action sequences keep the young men happy). Highly recommended for a 5 to 11 audience (and their parents), particularly as now it's an old title, it's quite cheap.
Editorial Review:
Eliza and debbie are two sisters who dont always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when debbies life is in danger and eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/17/2005 Starring: Tim Curry Alfre Woodard Run time: 85 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Jeff Mcgrath Cathy Malkasian