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Play trailer 2:16 Poster for Bookworm Released Oct 18 1h 43m Adventure Comedy Kids & Family Play Trailer Watchlist
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12-year-old Mildred's life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise (Elijah Wood), comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding -- a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
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Recapturing the magic of vintage adventure yarns, Bookworm is an imaginative gem with a wholesome heart.

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Cath Clarke Guardian This is a shameless heartstring plucker. But it’s charming and sometimes very funny. Rated: 3/5 Nov 6, 2024 Full Review Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) This is a movie where the quirk is cranked up to an eleven. Oct 24, 2024 Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com It sustains an innocent storybook tone throughout, thanks mainly to strong performances from its lead actors, Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher, and lush images of the New Zealand countryside. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 18, 2024 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies Surprisingly impish, it’s an adventure comedy with more good moments than missteps. Rated: 3/5 Nov 9, 2024 Full Review Whang Yee Ling The Straits Times (Singapore) This father-daughter excursion is 2024’s most charming family picture. Mothers will be envious. Rated: 4/5 Nov 2, 2024 Full Review Matt Lynch In Review Online Bookworm is a modest delight, with just enough alchemy of personality to overcome the speed bumps without ever threatening to become overbearingly treacly. Oct 21, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is probably a children's movie with how bad the writing and acting is I didn't get into this movie I'm glad I saved my money and didn't go see this in cinemas Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Douglas D Absolute hot garbage. I don't understand how this movie received such high critical praise. This is not a return to former children's adventure movies such as Goonies or Jumanji, despite the trailer portraying it as such. This was as bad if not worse than the 2002 live action remake of Pinocchio with an adult playing the wooden boy. Watching eleven year old girls dropping shrooms after undergoing an incredible near death accident isn't edgy, it's just bad writing. And lastly the entire kidnapping subplot with Arnold and Angelina is both absurd and the acting more on par with community theater than a box office released movie. Please, please, please save your money and do not rent this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/16/24 Full Review Audience Member Hot garbage and the most infuriating child actor I have ever had the misfortune of not turning off faster. What a cute concept absolutely wasted. Dont bother. Positive reviews are either gaslighting you or made by people who find cocomelon mentally stimulating. 0/10 i wish I pirated it so i could permanently delete the file. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Jess M Touching film that has a deeper message than what's seen on the surface. At first glance it's just a fun adventure film, but look closer and it's the study of a broken relationship between an absentee father and his precocious daughter. Is she precocious as a defense mechanism? Watch to find out. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/05/24 Full Review Les N Entertaining. there was a panther in NZ? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review kevin o ...the know it all kid who insults Dad all the way along...fits into the age we live in perfectly. It is also unwatchable dreck. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 12-year-old Mildred's life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise (Elijah Wood), comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding -- a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
Director
Ant Timpson
Producer
Roxi Bull, Victoria Dabbs, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade, Laura Tunstall
Screenwriter
Toby Harvard
Distributor
Vertical
Production Co
Firefly Films
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 18, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 43m
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