Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas

PG

2017

1 hr. 25 min.

Kids & Family

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

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29%

14 Reviews

Tomatometer

50%

50+ Ratings

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Awkward explorer Tad Jones must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is searching for the necklace of King Midas.

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Biel S

Still the best tadeo jones movie out of the three. I just loove the story and characters.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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quinto a

This film is very nice and funny. It is perfect to watch with friends. In this movie there's a lot of plot twists.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Decent enough watch, can't say I'd ever watch it again, and can only recommend to a younger audience. This is half "ugh, a kids movie", and half "man, this is dark for a kids movie". The opening scene is a murder, there is a undead mummy character, and (for what looks like a Nickelodeon animation) the bad guys are firing guns, and kidnapping characters at threat of life. That said the animation and writing isn't so bad, and the characters are interesting, if annoying. The whole thing also feels like a Happy Madison plot where "schlubby guy" wins over a successful, beautiful woman. There just isn't a lot here to get behind, but its got just enough to be entertaining. Maybe it just wasn't for me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Excellent animated adventure story and follow-up to the original.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Between 2.5 and 3. Although action is quite brainless, the opportunity to see some of the nicest places in the world with a good image and nice characters is enough.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

I watched this with my 10 year old and he awarded the stars. It's ok. Some decent gags in an otherwise fairly mundane script. Uneven in tone too. Some iiffy judgment calls in relation to race, women and death, particularly for little kids. The music is terrible. I can see why it didn't appear in my local cinema. Oddly, it did run trailers with scenes that didn't appear in the actual movie. I actually preferred the animation in the credits to the actual film. It's OK for a TV watch. But if I'd paid twenty quid to go the cinema, I'd be very disappointed.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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David Alonso

Director

Enrique Gato

Director

Trevor White

Tad Jones

Alex Kelly

Sara Lavrof

Gemma Whelan

Tiffany

Joseph Balderrama

The Mummy

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

A bumbling excavator is not the worst idea, even if the new film fails to go the full Clouseau.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 16, 2018

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The storytelling, characterisation and animation are all mediocre.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 9, 2018

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It's all very TV. And probably not worth the trip.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 9, 2018

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Lara Ben-Ameur

Espinof

It seems to conquer the youngest public, and that has its merits. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 27, 2019

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Ross Miller

The National (Scotland)

A stepping stone for its young target audience who deserve bigger and better things, and despite its lively pacing, this is a fairly trying animation to get through.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 10, 2018

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

It's the general mediocrity -- plastic-looking characters, clichd jokes -- that should deter you.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 16, 2018

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Synopsis

Awkward explorer Tad Jones must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is searching for the necklace of King Midas.

Director: David Alonso, Enrique Gato
Executive Producer: Axel Kuschevatzky, Jorge Tuca
Screenwriter: Jordi Gasull, Neil Landau, Javier López Barreira
Production Co: Telefonica Studios, Paramount Animation, Ikiru Films, Mogambo, Lightbox Entertainment S.L., Telecinco Cinema
Rating: PG (Action and Some Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2018
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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