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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 R... read more
Directed by: Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath
Release Date: December 20, 2002
Keywords:
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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (414)
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August 15, 2011I loved this when I was a kid, but its only for people who know the show well like I did, but now its just an okay movie.
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August 26, 2006Just an overlong episode really. Contains nothing at all new accept a few of the voice cameos and a bigger budget. Some nice humour and family friendly action scenes though.
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December 2, 2011I loved this when I was a kid, but its only for people who know the show well like I did, but now its just an okay movie.
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June 7, 2011fb1619601747Sorry RottenTomatoes, I did not enjoy it. My four year old cousin did though.
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August 1, 2011A pleasant and very funny animated film based off of one of my favorite shows as a kid. Overall Rating: 79
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May 19, 2006It is a successful adaptation of the entertaining series on Nickelodeon. It is, however, a little cheesy at points.
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March 3, 2009Wow. This is such a good family movie, I've only seen a little bit of the show but the movie stands on its own.
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August 9, 2011Ok anybody who hated this movie can bite me because this movie was one of my personal favorites as a kid. This movie shockingly held up too. This is probably one of the few TV shows to movies that I liked as a kid that held up it's weight to still be an incredible movie.I liked t... read more
Critic Reviews
May 20, 2008
Bill Stamets, Chicago Reader
December 23, 2002
Charles Passy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An entertaining feature-length version of the Nickelodeon TV cartoon. Full Review
December 23, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Thumbs up for The Wild Thornberrys Movie. Full Review
December 20, 2002
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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.
December 20, 2002
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Outstanding entertainment for little ones but just as rewarding for their adult companions.
December 20, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The animated redhead is the gutsiest young female heroine to hit the big screen since the live-action ladies in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Full Review
December 20, 2002
Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star
The soundtrack alone is worth the price of admission. Full Review
December 20, 2002
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle
It all adds up to a cheekier Lion King on a lower budget. But what you miss in spectacle you will make up in laughs. Full Review
December 20, 2002
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Bursting through the constraints of its source, this is one adapted- from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen. Full Review
December 20, 2002
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Kids who are into this Thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven. Anyone else who may, for whatever reason, be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning.
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