The Wild Thornberrys Movie

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Jacob B That wasn't very SMASHING of the trailer to give the whole plot away, wasn't it? Seriously, I've seen some spoileriffic trailers in my time but this movie's trailer really takes the cake. The only other movie trailer I can think of that spoiled everything to a frustrating degree was 1996's The Adventures of Pinocchio. Made the whole exercise of watching The Wild Thornberrys Movie feel redundant when I could have just watched the trailer + a few clips on YouTube to fill in the gaps and called it a day. But I'm a more honourable person than that. And even ignoring the advertising, I think this movie is just okay. A better cinematic outing for this IP than Rugrats Go Wild was, anyway. The animation's nice, the characters are mostly likeable and there are a few good moments of humour and heart but hardly a cinematic masterpiece, especially when stronger Nicktoon-based films exist in the form of the first two Rugrats and SpongeBob movies. For instance, all this fuss about our heroine going to a boarding school in London, only for her to get the hell out of dodge barely a day later and facing no real repercussions making one wonder why it was brought up in the first place when it doesn't really affect the plot in any significant capacity. She didn't even leave Africa yet when a Chekhov's Gun was established. The villains? Even without the trailers, the lack of significant characters made it immediately obvious to me that something smelled fishy about these people and since we conveniently never got a good look at the poachers in the action prologue, their true colours were clear to me. Also, isn't the main plot kind-of Eliza's fault? She and the cubs were told to avoid going past the acacia tree but she pushed her luck and look what happened. She does feel bad about it and is likeable enough to avoid coming off as unintentionally unsympathetic but not one of the animals calls her out? Let's just say Finding Nemo dealt with this kind of plot less than a year later in a more nuanced manner. Also, I didn't care about the pop song but hey, it got an Oscar nomination. Good for them. I wanted to like this movie more than I did but, while fairly accessible to newcomers, making the mistake of watching the trailer first meant this was more of a "going-through-the-motions" film for me. Sorry, Tim Curry dad, you deserved better. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/28/25 Full Review Stephen C A failure of a family comedy in just 1 hour and 25 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $39,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/25 Full Review Noe G The wild Thornberrys movie is an amazing movie I give this film a 10/10 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Estevan G A very fun movie, especially if you are a fan of the show. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Audience Member Over 20 years old and it's another one of the few animated Nickelodeon movies based on a popular tv show The whole cast is here from Eliza to Nigel to MaryAnn to Debbie to Darwin to Donnie It pretty much plays just like the show right down to the opening Thankfully Eliza Thornberry voiced by Lacey Chabert catches Us up to speed; A shaman she came across granted her powers with the ability to talk to animals Ever since then she's been on a non-stop journey around the world with her family, her parents actually film animal footage and provide it for the foundation they work for Here Eliza's grandmother joins them and on their latest expedition they come across a band of cheetahs But trouble begins when one of the cubs ends up getting kidnapped by poachers and Eliza has to find him and bring him back She can't do it alone as she'll need Darwin's help along with her sister The whole thing is an extended tv episode that's for sure and some fans might be bothered we spend more time at the boarding school instead of Eliza tracking down the cub But she does learn to go outside her comfort zone and learn to solve problems without her power It's got a good soundtrack, an exotic feel, wholesome stuff for family viewers and full of environmental lessons Nothing grandiose but as family entertainment goes it does the job Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/21/23 Full Review Songer K At this point, Any popular Nick Cartoon from the 90s can get a movie. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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