Doraand the Lost City of Gold might have characters in high school, but it’s definitely got a younger feel. While it may be light on logic Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, an educational animated series for children that ran from 2000 to 2006, shouldn’t work as a live-action Hollywood remake. Weirdly, this sprightly, self-aware action-adventure movie does. Director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller launch with the cartoon’s memorably bouncy theme tune. Within minutes, a six-year-old Dora Madelyn Miranda is breaking the fourth wall and asking the audience if they can say “delicioso” in the original TV show, Dora would teach viewers Spanish words and phrases. Dora’s simian compadre Boots is computer-animated and integrated into the film’s ever-so-slightly surreal live-action world without has grown up in the rainforests of Peru, home-schooled by her parents a zoologist and an archeologist, played by Eva Longoria and Michael Peña respectively. They are explorers, the film insists, not treasure hunters, in one of its gentle swipes at colonialism. Now 16 years old, Dora Isabela Moner is being sent to the city, aka Los Angeles, to attend high school with her cousin Diego Jeff Wahlberg while her parents search for Parapata, the lost Incan city of gold. A relentlessly cheery brainiac with a propensity to burst into song, she soon earns the nickname Dorka, turning up to a themed school dance dressed as her “favourite star” – the sun. Moner is a magnetic, sunny screen presence. Seeing Dora navigate the wilds of high school would’ve been entertaining enough, but a kidnapping places her and her classmates back in the this section of the film, there are Jungle Run-style mazes and puzzles, a farting bog of quicksand and a song about poo. A field of giant pink flowers precedes a trippy, animated interlude. Benicio del Toro voices a masked trickster fox. The result is goofily charming and a rare, age-appropriate children’s film in which the adults are silly and the kids, especially the girls, are a trailer for Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
Themakers of Dora and the Lost City of Gold seized some opportunities when adapting the animated series “Dora the Explorer” for the big screen.. They expanded the audience by using the kiddie cartoon as a springboard for a coming-of-age teenage adventure, turning their heroine into an angst-ridden adolescent without sacrificing her intellect or charm.
At first blush, a feature film based on the Nick Jr. cartoon Dora the Explorer seems like a non-starter. The show, designed to help preschoolers grasp Spanish-language terms for English phrases, doesn't scream out for the cinematic treatment, and definitely not the live-action feature treatment. Yet such a film now exists Dora and the Lost City of Gold both manages to broadly acknowledge its inspiration while cutting its own path as a tween-friendly version of Indiana Jones. It's a surprisingly funny blend of fish-out-of-water comedy and adventure, even if the familiarity is hard to of a brief prologue, the Dora we spend time with is no little kid — she's a 16-year old who's being unhappily uprooted from her home in the jungle by her loving parents Eva Longoria and Michael Pena, who go off on a journey of their own as they encourage Dora to explore what it's like to be an average high-schooler in Los Angeles. Dora's expertise in the jungles of South America, though, leave her ill-equipped to handle the vagaries of high school. Her ebullient spirit is at odds with the dismissive nature of the average high-schooler, as represented by her cousin Diego Jeff Wahlberg. However, she, Diego, and two other high-schoolers are soon abducted while on a field trip, forced by a series of treasure hunters to find a mythical city of gold...the same one her parents are searching signs of an unexpectedly goofy movie are present before you even meet Dora — after the studio logo, there's a pre-title card warning that the film we're about to see is mostly accurate, except for the implication that foxes like to swipe things. Perhaps the strangest, most off-kilter casting choice here is a loopy-sounding Benicio del Toro as the sneaky Swiper. Director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller collaborated on the two Muppet movies of the 2010s, and a similar sense of wry charm is present through Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The film mostly sidesteps the way the TV series looks or sounds, but there are a couple of goofy, fourth-wall-breaking gags where Dora asks us to repeat certain phrases to no avail. And Dora's struggles in the big city to balance her own jungle-driven savvy with, for example, the fact that no other high-schooler would bring a flare with them to class make for a good amount of the four kids are stuck in the jungle, they're paired with the rubbery-faced Eugenio Derbez, as Alejandro, a linguistics professor with ties to Dora's folks. Derbez's shtick varies between seeming mildly funny and mildly exhausting; the few times he gets to do all the heavy lifting, the comedy feels a bit forced. There's one specific gag involving quicksand that, depending on your mileage, may make you laugh your head off, or may make you wish that the scene would just end. As in the rest of the film, the charm largely lies with the younger actors. As the teenage Dora, Isabela Moner is the right mix of winning and a bit weird. Though the script co-written by Stoller and Matthew Robinson leads Dora to a predictable place of accepting herself for who she is even as she gains friends, Moner makes the journey feel less rote than unique. Wahlberg — who is Mark's nephew — is a nice foil for Moner, as the teenage Diego can't decide if he's charmed or perpetually embarrassed by his enthusiastic fun of Dora and the Lost City of Gold lies in the journey, not the destination. Once the eponymous mysterious location is discovered, because of course it is, the film becomes a most remarkable riff on the Indiana Jones franchise. The phrase "most remarkable" here is meant to imply that Dora becomes either a loving homage or a straight-up rip-off of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Since both The Last Crusade and The Lost City of Gold were released by Paramount Pictures, I suppose we'll stick with homage. Fans of the third film in the Harrison Ford-led franchise will recognize...well, a lot of its climax here, down to similar punchlines even if the bad guys don't meet deliciously nasty and the Lost City of Gold is charming enough, even as its conclusion smacks of overfamiliarity. A live-action/CGI mix inspired by a preschool animated show doesn't seem like the kind of movie that would even be remotely tolerable. Yet a winning lead performance, coupled with a slightly cheeky and anarchic storytelling style, are enough to withstand plotting that owes an unpayable debt to the most famous movie adventurer of the modern age. Dora and the Lost City of Gold has no right being as charming and fun as it is, but there's nothing wrong with a pleasant surprise in the dog days of summer./Film Rating 6 out of 10
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Dora the Explorer was 7 years old when audiences met her on television, a sing-songy polymath who traveled the map seeking answers and solving puzzles, accompanied by a big-mouthed backpack and an equally loquacious monkey, Boots. Nearly 20 years have passed since the adventure show first aired enough to cultivate a massive global awareness, but only 10 in Dora’s world, which means her live-action debut, director James Bobin’s “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” gives audiences of all ages the chance to see the character — whose unquenchable thirst for education knows no bounds — face the ultimate test adjusting to an American high school. If that sounds like a pretext for a snappy, self-parodying TV-to-film adaptation — something in the vein of “21 Jump Street” or “The Dukes of Hazzard,” perhaps — think again. Yes, the movie is postmodern enough to acknowledge that there’s something odd about Dora’s penchant for breaking the fourth wall as when she turns and asks the audience, “Can you say delicioso’?” and composing spontaneous songs for any occasion. But the most endearing quality of Nicholas Stoller and Matthew Robinson’s script — not counting that they didn’t try to whitewash their Latina heroine — is the way it permits Dora to remain indefatigably upbeat no matter what the situation, whether navigating treacherous Incan temples or facing an auditorium of jeering teenage peers. Even Indiana Jones gets nervous. But not Dora played here by Isabela Moner, who quips, “If you just believe in yourself, anything is possible,” before plummeting down a dangerous chasm, effectively demonstrating that positivity will only take one so far. Raised in the jungle by a pair of archaeology professors Eva Longoria and Michael Peña, Dora is sent off to attend high school in Los Angeles with her cousin Diego Jeff Wahlberg just as her parents set out to find the legendary city of Parapata. She would rather join them on the expedition, but for the film’s purposes, it’s far more interesting to see how Dora handles what we might call the “real world” — which is to say, public school metal detectors, a modest teen-friendly makeover and the humiliation of hazing. By confronting Dora with such indignities, the movie cleverly illustrates what she’s made of, while also giving her the chance to assemble a small posse of fellow outcasts, including formerly undisputed class smarty-pants Sammy Madeleine Madden, who’s instantly threatened by Dora’s intelligence, and the ultra-awkward Randy Nicholas Coombe, a typically Nickelodeon stereotype with weird hair and a virtually asexual screen chemistry. Together with Diego, these three wind up kidnapped and shipped back to South America, where a trustworthy adult named Alejandro Eugenio Derbez helps them escape. Now all the kids need to do is find Dora’s parents before the bad guys get to Parapata. So far, so basic. Still, it’s important to keep in mind that the target audience won’t have seen the countless jungle adventure movies that “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” is actively recycling — and even then, the genre dates back so many decades, even the previous generations’ reference points be they Allan Quatermain and Indiana Jones movies or more recent “Jumanji” and Tarzan remakes were effectively pieced together from earlier examples of the same. More important for them will be the question of how this live-action adaptation chooses to treat their favorite elements of the cartoon. How, for instance, do you handle a talking backpack? The answer Treat it as a bottomless utility sack, but scrap the ability to speak. Preschoolers love Swiper, the series’ sneaky fox antagonist voiced here by Benicio Del Toro, but will older audiences accept a computer-animated version of this silly character? And what’s the best way to reboot Boots, Dora’s simian companion? Unlike Disney’s recent “Aladdin” update, in which a too-realistic Abu wasn’t nearly as cute as his cartoon counterpart, the new-and-improved Boots maintains the original’s blue fur and exaggerated features, but looks right for the hyper-stylized jungle environment. Though DP Javier Aguirresarobe “Thor Ragnarok” makes those fantasy landscapes appear suitably lavish, director Bobin has wisely decided not to strive for realism here — an artistic choice that makes the frequently unconvincing visual effects seem more endearing than disappointing. That pays off particularly well in a field of enormous pink flowers, which trigger a hallucination many will consider the film’s high point. Whereas most of the cast and especially Derbez play broad, borderline-slapstick versions of their characters, Moner has the wide eyes and ever-chipper attitude we associate with Dora, but adds a level of charisma the animated character couldn’t convey. Previously featured in “Instant Family” and “Transformers The Last Knight,” the young actress shows obvious star potential, to the extent one hopes this film will be enough of a hit that we can watch her grow up to be a more naturally proportioned — but no less exciting — role model than Lara Croft. “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” goes out of its way to establish that the character isn’t a tomb raider or a treasure hunter, but rather an explorer, risking her life for the love of knowledge. That ranks her as perhaps the most “woke” big-screen adventurer since the invention of cinema, making Indy’s indignant “That belongs in a museum!” seem so 20th century by comparison. As Dora and her friends sing over the end credits, “We came together; that’s the real treasure.” Sure, it’s nice to see Dora make some friends she always got along fine by herself in the jungle, but discovers loneliness when she moves to Los Angeles, but that corny lyric all but dismisses their entire adventure. Even so, there’s something to be said for the way the movie rewards not just intelligence but cultural curiosity, while never making a big deal of race. Dora just so happens to know a lot of things, including three languages English, Spanish and Quechua, the indigenous tongue spoken by the guardians of Parapata. It’s a welcome surprise to see Native actress Q’orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s “The New World,” pop up as one of these Incan stewards. The “Dora the Explorer” TV show is famous for its puzzles, during which Dora demands the audience’s participation. The movie is relatively weak in this department, serving up “National Treasure”-esque riddles and “Goonies”-like water slides for kids too young to have seen those movies. But when it comes time for Dora to solve the climactic test — she’s asked to make a sacrifice “of that which is most valuable” — we realize just how solid her values are. While the film may be rudimentary in many respects, it would also be fair to say it represents a certain hope for the future When interacting with younger generations, it can be encouraging to discover that they haven’t necessarily been indoctrinated with the same biases as their parents, and in many cases, they seem instinctively more sensitive as a result. Maybe we could learn something from Dora after all.

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6/10 WAIT, THIS WAS ACTUALLY DECENT??? OK, joking aside, we all thought this was gonna flop spectacularly. Dora has had a very rocky reputation and a live-action version sounds like a terrible idea. But to my surprise this was a very charming and pretty funny movie. It is mainly aimed at kids and that meant a bit of cringe-worthy moments here and there, but the whole product is just a lot of fun, and I'm saying this as someone who despises Dora The Explorer. Give it a watch, you may end up liking it. 120 out of 138 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 7/10 I can't believe I'm recommending Dora and the Lost City of Gold...but it was funny and a had a committed actress as Dora "Can you find the map behind either of the three bushes?" is one of several things little Dora would ask her viewers on her show Dora the Explorer. I was in middle school when Dora the Explorer made it's debut on Nickelodeon. I was already too old for it, but it was a monster hit for the under seven demographic it was aiming for. From the few episodes I saw, it did it's job well buy keeping kids interacting with the show. But unlike Blues Clues that had very mundane and general mysteries, Dora the Explorer at least tried to add a little more education with zoology and a main character that was Latina. I merely saw it as harmless while Nickelodeon saw it as the age where reboots and remakes are all the rage, it makes sense Hollywood would want to tap into the nostalgia of Dora before it was too late. When a movie was announced, I kept wondering how that would be done as movies based off a little kid aimed material rarely sells. Just as the people who've made movies off of Sesame Street and Thomas the Tank Engine. But Dora and the Lost City of Gold tries something different; it tries to be teenager Dora played by Isabela Moner may be grown up, but still loves exploring the South American jungle with her monkey Boots played by Danny Trejo, singing songs to herself and keeping an upbeat sprit about her life. After a fall, her parents Cole played by Michael Peña and Elena played by Eva Longoria decide that she needs to be around kids her own age and send her to Los Angeles to go live with her cousin Diego played by Jeff Wahlberg.When going to Diego's high school, she finds her jungle skills and knowledge out of place in a culture of cliques and teenage angst. Nevertheless, she continues to be herself while trying to get back her friendship she used to have with Diego. The both of them are on a fieldtrip when they and two other students get kidnapped by treasure hunters who hope Dora can lead them to her parents who are searching for a lost city of gold. Their sent back to South America, but get away thanks to a fellow explorer Alejandro played by Eugenio Derbez. Even with an adult, it's up to Dora to lead her friends into the jungle the find her parents and perhaps a lost city of can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually liked Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Not only was it genuinely funny, but it kept my interest in a story that seems like a safer version of Goonies. Is it as good as the latter? No, in fact there are moments that are too dumb, but for the most part, this is a movie that knows what it is and wants to be a silly adventure. There's nothing wrong with being is a movie that's made for fans of Dora the Explorer, but it's also for those that made fun of it. It's aware of how annoying the cartoon was for the adults who had to listen to it when their toddlers watched it. A lot of it works thanks to Isabela Moner, who remains as committed as hell to not only making her work as a likable character, but one who can be a literal live-action I had fun, I know that regular adult are not going to get into this at all if they don't have some nostalgia with the character. What does hurt it is while it tries to evolve Dora and her adventure, it still succumbs to cliché family movie parts like the annoying geek character and bathroom jokes. I understand it's a film that still has to appeal to children, but if movies like Inside Out and Up have shown anything, the story can still be great without having to go for lowbrow humor. A part of me also realizes that if I was around ten, I would have dug this movie and maybe even asked my parents to take me to it give this seven Doras out of ten. Again, even though I liked it and had fun with it's meta jokes, this is not meant for adults unless they have some nostalgia or even at least some interest. It weird to think that the CGI Lion King remake was bad while a live action Dora the Explorer was better then expected. I suppose it's earned the right to sing "We did it" 88 out of 111 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 7/10 Was really decent I enjoyed that to be honest a lot more then I thought I would. Isabela moner's acting was amazing she's going to be an amazing actor. The best way to describe this film is by saying it's like a PG tomb raider. 57 out of 81 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 7/10 A fun summer adventure film for kids that's also fun for adults. The Plot is a wholly ridiculous story ripped from multiple Tarzan movies of the 40's and 50's. But go with old Dora Madelyn Miranda and Diego Malachi Barton are having fun growing up in the jungle with their academic parents. At least, you assume Diego's parents are there somewhere... this is all very vague!. Dora's parents - Cole Michael Peña and Elena Eva Longoria - are explorers on a lifelong mission to discover the lost Inca city of Parapata. Parapata is famed to be crammed with gold - "more than all the rest of the world's gold put together".But Dad makes clear that they are not in it for the financial benefit the motto is explorers = good; treasure hunters = Dora's idyllic childhood is rocked when Diego has to return to civilization and she has to grow up alone with her forwards 10 years and Dora has grown. Now as Isabela Moner, she discovers a vital clue to Parapata's location. But this signals a change for Dora, since she is not allowed on the expedition and must go to a far wilder place to join Diego, now Jeff Wahlberg nephew of Mark in an LA Mum and Dad are not the only ones on the trail of Parapata's treasures, and together with new friends, the spiky "mean-girl" Sammy Madeleine Madden and the nerdy astronomy geek Randy Nicholas Coombe, they must mount a rescue mission that takes them.... you'll NEVER guess where..!The film is a blast for kids, and probably suitable for emotionally robust kids of all ages. Nobody actually dies, despite falling unfathomably long distances onto rocks! However, the film also pulls off that great and welcome trick by dropping in enough jokes for parents to be entertained. "Yumm... delicioso!" says young Dora. Then breaking the fourth wall "Can YOU say delicioso?". Fleabag-style this confuses the hell out of Mum and Dad. Cole says to Elena, "Don't worry... she'll grow out of it". And fortunately, she does before the joke becomes tiresome!There's no warning about drug-taking, since the hallucinogenic scene with exploding flowers will go right over young kid's heads. But I found it very amusing!There are also some fun "fish out of water" high school scenes. We've seen many of these before with the likes of Spider-Man, but here they are light-touch and things get back into the jungle, they take on a much whackier angle. It's all very "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull", but without the crushing disappointment! But again, kids will love the puzzle-solving and the "Mummy-ish" gothic humour. The only part of this that I think might disturb young kids is a quicksand scene, that parents might like to pre-warn youngsters that everything will work out fine!Holding the whole film together like a little Duracell Bunny of vitality is 18-year old Isabela Moner, who is a genuine talent, honed in the Nickelodeon studios. She was impressive in the above average "Instant Family", and I predict she will go onto great things over the next 10 a "Pointless" answer from the cast is Benicio del Toro as the voice of "Swiper", a bizarrely talking and poorly-disguised fox! This probably makes more sense to those who know the original kid's cartoon!Even more annoying is Dora's strangely multi-coloured monkey Boots... the Jar Jar Binks of the film, who might amuse very young children but probably not many other Thoughts Here's a film that is not trying to be anything other than a fun and much needed summer outing for families. Disney used to do this sort of live-action family film thing so well in the 70's and 80's, before they got obsessed with pointless recreations of their cartoon director is James Bobin, who's formerly directed a number of the Muppet movies, and this movie breathes with the same sense of anarchic fun without being too up film occasionally makes you cringe, with some dreadfully and deliberately naff songs, but I enjoyed it and for the right audience kids 8 to 12 I think they'll have a blast.For the full graphical review, please check out One Mann's Movies on this new-fangled internet thing, or else on Facebook... whatever the earth that is. Thanks. 30 out of 42 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 Dora You Really Did It Warning Spoilers Rating Surprisingly entertaining. This movie is just amazing and the acting from everyone was great. Dora have a good role model for everyone in this world. For me, this is one of the best movie based on cartoon tv show Dora The Explorer since 2000. I think no matter what you do, that there is always room for a good nickelodeon movie. It definitely worth to watch. 93 out of 133 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 Remember who this movie is for As a toddler, my daughter adored Dora. My son loved Go Diego, Go. Now, as older elementary students, they had a blast at this movie, and I did too. I thought the talking Swiper was weird, but it was one of my son's favorite parts. This movie was about being positive and being yourself, and the movie boldly said, 'I'm not going to try to be something I'm not.' It was entertaining and fun, and my kids came out singing and dancing. Isn't that the point? With so many violent and intense movies these days, this proved a refreshing change. 149 out of 178 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 Great way to end the summer... We were very impressed with how family friendly this movie was! The adults and kids were all laughing. The comedic timing was excellent! If you know anything about Dora and like a good laugh- this movie is absolutely for you! Still not sure if you or your kids will like it? Check out our full review with discussion questions at Down The Hobbit Hole Blog dot com. We have not laughed this hard at a movie in a long time! The acting and script were so great! 47 out of 68 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 Adventures!! Very adventurous movie for the kids!! Perfect family outing idea~ Love Dora the character, she is so cute! Good casting! 32 out of 49 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 Better than I expected I used to watch this with my son when he was a kid, he's now 15. I took him to watch the screener as a joke lol. It was actually better than i expected. Although there are a few cringe worthy scenes that only little kids would enjoy, we both thought the movie was quite funny & overall entertaining. Solid 8 stars from me. 106 out of 141 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 Dora goes exploring - shocker! Okay, I never expected to be sitting watching this film and to be honest, I watched it when I was feeling a bit blurgh and needed a bit of brightness and happiness. And you know what, it not a great film by any means but it is a very good family film, something to sit and watch with the children on a Saturday Merced was quite good in Transformers The Last Knight and Instant Family and she shows again that she has a good future in family type films for the next few an adventure story with lots of silliness and friendships, an Indiana Jones for the younger generation with less snakes and more brightly coloured know what, I'll give it a 12/20 because it is a good fun. 4 out of 4 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 10/10 Can you say "perfecto"? Warning Spoilers Dora and her high school friends are on a rescue mission of her parents and looking for the Lost City of Gold. At times it was a nice combination of "The Last Crusade" and "National Treasure." The characters were delightful and comical. It included Dora's asides, which was questioned by people around her. Great entertainment for the entire family. A film adults will enjoy watching with their children. I was impressed with the historical reference to the "United Fruit Company." 6 out of 8 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 7/10 I cant believe I saw this and enjoyed it I was the only one in the theater which helped a lot, I'd be embarrassed to see this around others especially being 27 years old. There's quite a lot of dumb moments and heartwarming scenes too; luckily this only cost me 53 cents because of my Regal Unlimited subscription. Also an odd thing I've noticed is the actress who played Dora has really gone through puberty and yet she doesn't seem mature that's really the only problem I had. Is it so wrong to be innocent? I don't know anymore. 6 out of 8 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 5/10 The live-action Dora film is entertaining for young viewers who know the character. Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animation series Dora the Explorer. This live-action film is directed by James Bobin, the director of Muppets Most Wanted and Alice Through the Looking Isabela Moner has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents. Now that Dora is going to high school for the first time, she has to get used to this different way of life. When her parents are suddenly missing, Dora has to go on an adventure with famous friends and some of her new classmates to discover what happened to her parents. For this they have to solve the mystery behind the lost city of is an entertaining film for children who are familiar with the animation version of Dora the Explorer and for parents who have seen this animation together with their children. The film is more fun for children, because the story can come across as somewhat predictable or obvious thanks to the simple elaboration for adult viewers. The film looks a bit like a children's version of an Indiana Jones or Tom Raider film. Animation fans can also see or hear certain hints and references in this film that refer to the animation series. For people who are not so or not at all familiar with the Dora animation series, it may take some getting used to understanding how the fictional world of film effects of the film are also more at the child level, because adult viewers can see earlier where CGI or a green screen is used in the film. Some CGI characters such as Boots Dora her friendly monkey or Zwieber the stealing fox don't seem credible to adult viewers. For children who are fans of the animation and who are familiar with these characters, it is nice to see them again in the Moner appears good and credible in this film as Dora. She looks a lot like a live-action version of Dora because of the clothes and her appearance. With her acting work she carries the film for the young viewers. She also knows how to fill the film with her actions and reaction in the film. For older viewers, Michael Peña manages to provide some comical moments, but because his character goes missing, he soon disappears from the film. For example, as an older viewer you have to watch a film that is mainly filled with humor and a story for younger viewers. 31 out of 54 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 some surprising fun Dora lives with her parents Eva Longoria, Michael Peña in the jungle as they search for the lost Incan city of Parapata. She's a six year old with her backpack, map, monkey friend Boots, and cousin Diego while fending off the swiping fox Swiper. Ten years later, her parents send her to to live with her cousin Diego's family and socialize with regular kids. She is a fish out of water. Diego is embarrassed to be around her. Randy is the school nerd. Sammy is the hated overachiever. During a museum trip, the four outsiders are forced to be in a group. Treasure hunters kidnap Dora along with the three others and transport them back to the jungle. They plan to trade Dora to her parents for the lost city and its treasures. The kids are rescued by Alejandro who claims to be a friend of Dora's not expecting much from this movie. For the IP, I expected a kids movie with kids. I still think six year old Dora and Diego could have some great adventures in the jungle as a family film. It's the way I would want for a Dora movie. From the trailer, the movie sets out with a teenager Dora. It would have been more interesting for her to explore the concrete jungle. So, the movie is going a third way. It has its funny moments. Dora's unrelenting cheerfulness is awkwardly funny in a couple of scenes. The four kids have some good chemistry. This is fine but I don't see it expanding into a bigger franchise. It has no chance of being the next Harry Potter. I doubt that this one can generate a sequel. 5 out of 7 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 Surprisingly good and entertaining... Well, I had a vague idea about whom Dora the Explorer was from a few glances on the TV when my son have been flipping through the children shows. So I sat down to watch this 2019 live action rendering of Dora the Explorer with my 9 year old out that the movie was actually better than I had expected to be. I had expected this to be a children's movie, but it is actually a family movie, because there is something even for parents and adults to enjoy in the movie. So whatever beforehand assumptions I had about what I was in for was definitely put to rest at the hands of director James about this as being sort of a light-hearted Indiana Jones adventure for the children and the family, and just take out the Nazis from the equation. Actually, the storyline in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" was actually rather enjoyable, and the story was captivating and the good pacing of the story made it a very entertaining movie to sit had a good ensemble of actors and actresses to portray the various roles, and Isabela Moner, playing Dora, really carried the movie quite well. It was sort of fun to realize that it was Benicio Del Toro whom voiced Swiper and Danny Trejo that voiced Boots. And they also had the likes of Michael Peña and Temuera Morrison in the movie as was more than genuinely entertained and surprised with this movie, and it was definitely well worth sitting down with my son to watch. My rating of the 2019 "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" movie is a six out of ten stars. 6 out of 9 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 An Enjoyable and Decent Youthful Movie This adaptation of the popular cartoon series brings to the big screen an upbeat and lavish story that is bubbly, optimistic with a good message in this entertaining comedic adventure. The central character of Dora is infectious and inviting with her authentic and valuable intelligent naivety. Her ability to make friends and her ability to both physically and mentally bore through obstacles instills hope and encouragement as a model to younger audiences. This is a decent and fun movie, sort of a Mr. Rogers in the wild. 6 out of 9 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 A lot of fun I've seen parts of "Dora the Explorer" the tv show a bunch of times. My daughters used to watch it all of the time. I was actually more excited than they were when "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" came out. I watched it this morning and the movie didn't disappoint. It's a lot of fun. The cast is very good. The jokes are funny. The story is good and often exciting. There is one sequence that doesn't really work and the movie does run out of gas a little towards the end but it doesn't really matter. There is so much goodwill built up by then there is no need to nitpick. "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" is an easy watch and I plan on watching it again real soon. Honorable mention Boots. 2 out of 2 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 Some movies have a maximum age. I like watching animation and movies meant for younger audience sometimes. Most of the timed they are for all audiences. But when you get scenes like, repeat the word after me and songs about digging poo holes.. it's hard to watch as an adult.. 55 out of 102 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 FUN Indiana Jones for big KIDS We went today with our 7-year old daughter who used to watch Dora as a toddler/ film suitable for children who are old enough to understand the mysterious and complex plot and not be scared of sudden happenings and mild violence I would say 7+ is safer for a typical child.Do not expect grown-up entertainment thrown in like in Disney films. This is a kids film. School age kids in grades 2-6 will enjoy for kissing once, quick, between high-schoolers and references to "mating", which I believe isn't appropriate for ages a fun adventure accompanied by constant see it if you have big kids. 19 out of 33 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 10/10 Good movie Very entertaining, fun for the whole family. The actress who played Dora did an amazing job. For kids who love Dora they will definitely enjoy this movie 4 out of 5 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 Guilty Pleasure OK, so I'm too old to watch this, but it looked soooo cute. It was. Made for the kiddies. No swear words, no sex, no nudity, no extreme violence. Looked almost like all the females were wearing body armor to make sure there was nothing pointy. Many of the characters were caricatures, and that was alright, it's based on a cartoon. My few gripes were from an adult perspective. It could have had a little more overt humor. It had quite a bit, but it was toned down. And - ok, it's fantasy, but the ending in the temple stepped over the line on silly. Target audience 13 to 16, and they achieved that by making Dora suddenly 18ish. Oh, and Boy! did she have a pound of pancake on. The persistent close-ups really highlighted that. Oh well, little stuff. Lightweight fluff. Thumbs up. 19 out of 33 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink Dora at 16 years old ... and in High School This was a cute movie - not exactly something you'd go with a friend or a date to see, but by yourself or with a family - it's opening scene is charming - everything from the opening advisory about foxes and swiping ... to her habit, at 6 years old, of talking directly to the now she's entering high school and has to deal with a new type of "indigenous specious". But of course, it's not long until she ... and a trio of her peers ... are unexpectedly back in the interesting is that teenage character is revealed to be smart, confident and outgoing albeit a little socially unadjusted. This makes her interesting to I didn't grow up watching Dora, it was familiar enough with the show to enjoy most of the call-outs to the series. The only thing that seemed to awkwardly stand out was the animation of the monkey and maybe the fox too. It was a little too basic given the level of CGI we see in movies these in all, it's got humor, a fast moving plot and a good dose of adventure. If you're a kid, there's a lot to like. As an adult ... it's a combination of fun and cringing at parts that are a little too child-oriented. 2 out of 2 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink I can't believe I liked it I didn't think I would like this teenage adventure, but I did. This film is a fun filled adventure, with much positivity, fun and thrill. Scenes are colourful, songs are upbeat, and the film is quite a fun ride. I can't believe I liked it! 4 out of 6 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink
Yep this Dora is all grown up and singing about poop, under the influence of drugs and hanging around with a 50 year-old man in the deep, dense depths of the Amazon. She’s a teenager, now, and we are off on a surprising yet pretty satisfying trip with the idyllic, wide-eyed explorer to both the big city and the Lost City of Gold.
Dora a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold. Dora The Explorer, the beloved Latina girl who transformed the world with her wide-eyed innocence twenty years ago as an animated television character, has made a roaring comeback as a full-fledged, real-life, snarky teenager who has
Thenew live-action movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold adapts the TV show's premise to a point, mixing nostalgic elements of Dora's world with a fresh adventure storyline that will appeal to audiences young and old. EKvrQ.
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