Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Action/adventure/fantasy
Director: James Bobin. 1hr 42mins/102mins.
Rating: 3 out of 5 - worth watching
Synopsis
16 year old Dora (Isabela Moner) lives with her explorer parents (Eva Longoria, Michael Pena) in the South American jungle. She knows a lot about the terrain, animals, plants and survival but clueless about teenagers.
Her parents decide to make amends for her relatively sheltered up bringing by sending her to High School to stay with friends in Los Angeles where her positive outlook and naivety make her few friends.
But when her parents, who are looking for a mythical Inca city of gold, go missing she is kidnapped along with three other kids by people who want the treasure. It’s up to these four young people to save the day.
Review by @Reelreviewer
Last week marked a bit of a down-turn for me.
Three poor movies in a row, by the final time I hit the multiplex on Saturday morning that familiar, comfortable building felt odd.
The walls started to close in on me, my heart rate increased, I felt a sense of anxiousness...did I have the first stages of 'cinematic cabin fever'?
Thank heavens for this estimable, fun, perky little action adventure, based on the well-known educational cartoons and books from the US, Dora the Explorer.
Thank heavens too for this great cast, including the adorable, sunny-faced Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria and the hugely entertaining Michael Pena (who isn't on screen for long enough) in a movie that is more gripping than you'd expect.
For more, read the full review bit.ly/DoraCityGold
Cast & credits
Paramount/Paramount Players/Walden Media/Screen Queensland/Burr! Productions/Media Rights Capital/Nickelodeon Movies. (PG)
Producer: Kristin Burr.
Writers: Matthew Robinson, Nicholas Stoller.
Camera: Javier Aguirresarobe.
Music: John Debney, Germaine Franco.
Sets: Dan Hennah.
Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria, Michael Pena, Joey Viera, Jeff Wahlberg, Madeleine Madden, Nicholas Coombe, Eugenio Derbez, Temuera Morrison, Danny Trejo (voice only), Benicio del Toro (voice only)
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