Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Wordiezett So much average

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Mightyzebra The current rating for this film on this website is four and a half out of ten. This is SO not true. I mean, sure, the grown-ups aren't as sympathetic as they could be and some scenes could be better off deleted, but I mean COME ON. It isn't THAT BAD!This underrated film is about a girl named Eliza Thornberry who can talk to animals! Her family go to Africa and Eliza meets an old cheetah cub friend called Tally, along with his brothers and sisters. While they are playing, Tally is caught by a poacher! :( Eliza MUST save him! Then Eliza realises that she is going to a boarding school in London...I recommend this lovely film for fans of the TV series, people who love animals and people who just want to sit down and watch a pleasant, exciting cartoon film! Guaranteed to enjoy! :)

elzbone The underlying theme in this movie is about family. You have the two parent engrossed in their work, an older sister who is incredibly self-involved, a disapproving grandmother, and a little sister who is left to her own devices to amuse herself. But even though everyone is so different, they come together to do what is best for their family. Okay, so little Eliza's ability to speak with animals helps out a lot. I enjoy the TV show, and I thought that the movie was a perfect extension of that. This movie is great for kids, and has talented talents like Tim Curry, Lyn Redgrave, and Flea (okay so that is an odd one to add to the mix) to appease the adults. But the story itself is one that is beautifully written, and told. It was worth the money to see it in the theater.

Victor Field Contains the odd spoiler. Although "Rugrats" is, with "Ren & Stimpy," Nickelodeon's best-known cartoon, I always liked "The Wild Thornberrys" more - less shrill and with more appealing characters. "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" brings Eliza, Debbie, Maryanne, Nigel, Darwin ("We found him") and Donnie ("He found us") to the big screen with all their virtues intact, making it good fun for young (and in my case not so young) fans of the show; for newcomers, younger daughter Eliza Thornberry sets up the situation at the start as she does every week on the series proper (the family travels the world shooting wildlife documentaries - Nigel hosts, Maryanne films - and on one of their jaunts Eliza was given the ability to talk to animals by an African shaman, on condition that she can't tell anyone).The plot - after Eliza tries and fails to save a cheetah cub from being taken by poachers and sister Debbie finally quits covering for Eliza's penchant for wandering off on adventures, our heroine is unwillingly sent to an English boarding school - is a little episodic at times, betraying its television origins; but Kate Boutilier's script is simple enough to follow without being insulting to the intelligence, though it has to be said that it's too easy to figure out the identity of the villains, and not because of the accents (this is one US movie where UK moviegoers can't complain about all the bad guys being British; Eliza is sent to boarding school by her paternal grandmother - for non-fans, her father Nigel is British [voiced by Tim Curry, cast as a non-OTT good guy for once] - but she isn't demonized for it). Donnie was always a bit of a pain, but he's wisely kept to a minimum; and Debbie, my favourite character (probably because I fully sympathise with her unwillingness to spend adolescence bumming around the world in the most unhospitable locations), is not kept to a minimum; but the focus is firmly on Eliza's adventures.WHICH BRINGS US TO THE SPOILERS...One real surprise is that a key plot point - Eliza losing her powers to save Debbie from the bad guys - comes fairly late in the movie; the makers could have been forgiven for having Miss Thornberry lose them early and go through hell to get them back, but that would have been too easy. Of course, she gets them back, but with Debbie's knowledge now - which, since the series is still in production, means the show's scope is opened up a bit.THAT WAS THE END OF OUR SPOILER.Though her adventures have the odd bit of stereotyping (the entrance to Piccadilly Circus underground station doesn't look like it does here; does modern-day Nairobi really have rundown bazaars beyond the big buildings? Sadly, in all probability they do...) they're a lot less sugary than might be feared, although one wishes that the animation had been a bit more lush - sometimes it looks like a TV episode blown up for the big screen. But in the end "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" succeeds in being a decent movie about protecting wildlife without feeling the need to ram the message down viewers' throats, while also being a fun and diverting movie. They may not be Disney-beautiful, but they sure as heck aren't Doctor Snuggles-crude either.That said, I could have lived without Paul Simon's song over the credits... and not including a line of dialogue over the Paramount logo at the end after Klasky/Csupo's? Debbie said it best - "That is SO wrong."

movies2u The Wild Thornberrys Movie was so much more entertaining than a lot of kids films. It's pretty much enjoyable for anyone, and is entertaining and funny. It's just like the cartoon, but times 100! This is such a great movie. It's lots of fun! I give it a 10 out of 10!