The Wild Thornberrys Movie

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Summary: Where's Oscar?
Review: ...I love watching the series with my daughter and expected the same excellent quality in the movie. I was not prepared to have my expectations surpassed to such an extreme. Not only was the animation of such quality to put some of the films that Disney has released to the big screen in recent years to shame (Return To Neverland? What were they thinking?), but the story was rich and filled with such heart that I was brought to tears (how could I not be, hearing Paul Simon's excellent song as I watched the film with my daughter?). When speaking of animation, I for one will speak of Klasky-Csupo in the same reverence as I speak of Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, Hayao Miyazaki, and Katsuhiro Otomo. My eye is now firmly fixed on Klasky-Csupo (pronounced: class-key, chew-po).

Others here have written fine synopses of the film so I'll just mention this: Many a hero has won the day with help from "magic" and while Eliza has a magical ability to speak to animals, she loses it when it would be most useful and it's her love, intelligence, and bravery that proves to be her greatest virtues. A great movie for any kid and their parents.

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Summary: Elephant Walk
Review: Based on an old TV Show the Wild Thornberrys discover new adventure in this animated movie about a girl who loses her powers to talk to animals. Kids beyond 9 will be a little dissapointed at that movie.

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Summary: A movie your kids will enjoy, even if you won't
Review: Eliza is the youngest of the Thornberry's - family dragged across the world by Mom & Dad to document nature ala Attenborough. Unknown to her parents and bratty older sister Debbie, Eliza can talk to the animals - a gift given her when she laved the life of a mystic shaman. Though no human can learn the secret, Eliza's gift has made her a best friend to animals like the chatty chimp Darwin and a family of Cheetahs. When one of the cheetah cubs is captured by a mysterious high-tech poacher, it's Eliza to the rescue (that is, once she can escape back to Africa from a boarding school to which her cartoonish-ly British grandmother consigns her).

There's not much here that will surprise you (i.e., reward the parents who bring their kids to see this flick), and the story doesn't keep to any single ideas throughout the movie, or at least any longer than it would in a half-hour episode on NickToons. Still, my kids were game, and my 3-and a half year old never asked to leave.

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Summary: Good message.
Review: First, I must give credit to this movie for providing us with a quick back-story of how Elisa Thornberry got her power to speak with animals. It does not assume that everyone is familiar with what is going on.
Anyway, in this film, Elisa is sent to boarding school in order to keep her from sneaking out in the middle of the night. As if that will really stop her! Elisa finds her way back to her camp and then sets out to prevent what could be the worst tragedy in environmental history. And to find out if a local legend is for real or not.
Too short--and has a few holes. Rated PG for minor violence.

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Summary: Elisa's greatest adventure
Review: i really love this movie. Great visuals, great music, great storyline.... very good for children around 5-7. I HIGHLY reccommend! [...]

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Summary: The Thornberrys and Travelin Tyke
Review: i really love this movie. Great visuals, great music, great storyline.... very good for children around 5-7. I HIGHLY reccommend! [...]

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Summary: Great movie, but no suprises.
Review: I recently purchased this movie on Pay-Per-View, and it was pretty good. The only thing I didn't like was how you could see what was going to happen next. A good movie for kids.

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Summary: Much better than Jimmy Neutron
Review: I saw this movie on the first day. I wanted to see this preview for next summer's new movie "Rugrats Go Wild" featuring Bruce Willis as Spike. The Wild Thornberrys Movie will be #1 movie of Christmas 2002. I think Eliza was scaring Debbie by saying if she tells anyone about her powers that can talk to animals, she will turn into a bamboon. Here's a secret with Rugrats Meet The Wild Thornberrys, If Angelica meet Debbie, they would get along just great. I will defintly put The Wild Thornberrys Movie into my DVD Collection. Hope "Rugrats Meet The Wild Thornberrys" will be better than "The Wild Thornberrys Movie."

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Summary: The best of '02 now I'm excited about RMWT In Summer '03!!!
Review: I went to see this last night on New Years Eve and it was funny and now I'm very excited for "Rugrats Meets the Wild Thornberrys" which is out next summer and all be sure to see it during the summer cause I love The Wild Thornberrys & Rugrats even If I'm 15 I love them I watch it alot everyday but I can't believe there's gonna be a talking Spike played by Bruce Willis anyways I loved this movie it was as funny as Rugrats In Paris & Rugrats the Movie go see this if your a Nickelodeon fan!

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Summary: A rollicking adventure through the African jungle
Review: It has to be said: although I'm a twentysomething, I still *love * to watch Nickelodeon cartoons, my absolute favourite being "The Wild Thornberrys." I've seen every episode (many more than once), and I was a little skeptical at the thought of a full-length animated movie.

Happily, the movie far surpassed my wildest expectations. The animation looks great, including the use of several CGI elements not present in the series (at some moments it reminded me of "The Lion King"). There is enough background information included (including the opening credits of the series) that newcomers won't feel left behind. The whole Thornberry gang is here, including the addition of Nigel's parents, and several new characters as well. The voice work is fantastic, including such well-known names as Tim Curry as Nigel, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea as Donnie, Rupert Everett as the baddie, and Marisa Tomei. The music is an eclectic mix of traditional and modern, featuring such talents as Sting, Dave Matthews, P. Diddy and Brandy, Youssou D'Nour, Sting, Baha Men, Nick Carter, Peter Gabriel and Hugh Masekela.

The story finds Eliza Thornberry, a twelve-year old with the magical ability to talk to animals, on a hunt for migrating elephants with her family, who are award-winning naturalists. Eliza's older sister Debbie is a moody, pop culture-obsessed Valley Girl who hates all the wilderness trekking. Donnie is the Bornean wild boy that the Thornberrys adopted, who is always causing trouble by making messes and stuffing things up his nose or down his pants. Darwin is Eliza's best friend, a chimpanzee with very human tastes, including his obsession with Cheese Munchies. Eliza starts out playing with the cubs of a cheetah friend, but when one of them is stolen by a poacher Eliza must rescue him. However, her parents send her to a London boarding school, where Eliza is miserable and doesn't fit in. The rest of the movie you'll have to see to believe!

There are some scary chase scenes, wounded animals and tense moments that might upset younger viewers, but overall "The Thornberrys Movie" does an excellent job of bringing the show to the big screen while remaining faithful to the humour, excellent ethnic music, and magical elements of the original series. One of the things that I love the most about the "Wild Thornberrys" is that the episodes take viewers all around the world, and the show's producers try to avoid ethnic stereotypes with the various characters, as well as adding authentic music and traditions. This is one cartoon that is witty, educational and downright fun for the whole family. There's something for everyone with "The Wild Thornberrys Movie."