The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 88
Fresh: 70 | Rotten: 18
A pleasant enough kids flick that adults may even enjoy.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 4
A pleasant enough kids flick that adults may even enjoy.
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Average Rating: 2.8/5
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The Nickelodeon cartoon series The Wild Thornberrys gets its first feature-length animated film, directed by show creator Cathy Malkasian with a screenplay by Kate Boutilier (writer of Nickelodeon's Rugrats in Paris). The main character is 12-year-old Eliza Thornberry (voice of Lacey Chabert), a braces-and-glasses-wearing eccentric girl in an adventurous family of travelers. Due to an interaction with a shaman, she has been granted the special power of communication with animals, as long as she
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Lacey Chabert
Eliza Thornberry -
Tom Kane
Darwin -
Tim Curry
Colonel Thornberry, Nig... -
Lynn Redgrave
Cordelia Thornberry -
Jodi Carlisle
Marianne Thornberry -
Danielle Harris
Debbie Thornberry -
Flea
Donnie Thornberry -
Rupert Everett
Sloan Blackburn -
Marisa Tomei
Bree Blackburn -
Melissa Greenspan
Sarah Wellington -
Kevin Michael Richardson
Shaman Mnyambo -
Obba Babatundé
Boko -
Alfre Woodard
Akela -
Brock Peters
Jomo -
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs. Fairgood
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Screenwriter Kate Boutilier provides plenty of sharp patter.
Top CriticA decent soundtrack rounds off a surprisingly engaging and energetic little-kids' adventure.
An entertaining feature-length version of the Nickelodeon TV cartoon.
Thumbs up for The Wild Thornberrys Movie.
Doesn't do more than expand a TV show to movie length. However, it's pleasant enough and its ecological, pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome.
Outstanding entertainment for little ones but just as rewarding for their adult companions.
Wholesome but also has kid appeal.
Splendid entertainment for the 8-12 age group and good fun for just about everyone else.
Nickelodeon's animated explorer family runs into poachers in Africa in a sometimes-fun adventure that occasionally collapses into flat, savanna-like stretches.
The film's draughtsmanship is more than adequate, the voicing of the characters excellent, and the songs are way above average for such fare.
Better-than-average.
Great fun for animal lovers.
Amenable parents can watch this with the little ones instead of just using the DVD or VHS tape as a virtual nanny . . .
Adults will be bored into slumber, and even kids deserve something with a little more bite.
It's a fun family safari chock full of environmental lessoning.
Evokes a little of the fear that parents have for the possible futures of their children--and the sometimes bad choices mothers and fathers make in the interests of doing them good.
Pretty good half-term holiday fare.
It may not pull off any state-of-the art animation coups, but The Wild Thornberrys Movie understands that strong characters and involving storytelling are still the bottom line in a quality kids' film.
The animation may not be in the same class as The Lion King, but co-directors Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian deserve praise for their attempts to render Africa's wildlife as authentically as possible.
This is thoroughly entertaining with an important message. And with its above-average animation it's also well worth seeing on a big screen.
One of the more intelligent children's movies to hit theaters this year.
Engaging.
Eliza repeatedly proves herself as an exemplary avatar of The Right Stuff. You go, girl!
The drumbeat behind the Thornberrys' energetic exploits may not be as explosive as its celebrated Disney counterpart The Lion King, but it certainly gives off a similar rhythmic radiance nevertheless.
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