TheVerdict. Dora and 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 and effects, it’s still a lovely story

Swiper No Swiping Dora and the Lost City of Gold feels like a niche film for a very specific audience. If you’re part of that audience, this is likely to be a wildly entertaining and hilarious family adventure. What it does, it does incredibly well with plenty of in-jokes from the cartoon and a handful of well written, goofy jokes that help keep the tone suitably light and adventurous. However, the lack of explanation around key Dora the Explorer concepts like the map and Swiper, along with very basic character arcs make this a film designed specifically for families and children who have grown up with Dora, rather than the average movie-goer. Beginning with a brief prologue including Dora and cousin Diego, the film skips forward in time as we see Dora separated from her cousin where he leaves the rainforest and heads off for the concrete jungle in Los Angeles. Growing into an adventurous but naive young woman, Dora is taken away from the rainforest at the request of her parents to stay with cousin Diego, who’s very much acclimatized to the harsh realities of the real world. Dressed in bright, vibrant colours, our naive young explorer finds herself struggling to adapt to this harsh, new world before being thrown back into the jungle again to save her parents from a greater threat that appears. From here the film sees Dora and a handful of misfits band together to try and save Dora’s parents, all whilst navigating treacherous traps, quicksand and a number of other nasty additions to the jungle. Dora and the Lost City of Gold reminds me of old family-orientated adventure films like Flubber, Jumanji and Small Soldiers. The concepts may be different but that cheesy style combined with self-aware comedy and basic characterisation shine through and give the film some depth and personality. Dora settles into its groove early on and throughout the film, the pacing is perfectly poised between fast action pieces and slower, comedic segments. The balance is handled really well here and throughout this 100 minute film, Dora never feels like it drags on unnecessarily. If you’ve grown up with kids obsessed with Dora the Explorer, Nickelodeon’s latest animated adaptation is for you. Instead of trying to appeal to everyone and failing spectacularly, Dora defiantly sticks to its target market and is all the stronger for it. It’s a classic, fun-filled family adventure with plenty of goofy jokes and well-written action pieces to keep things interesting. It’s certainly not for everyone and at times the special effects do feel cheaper than they perhaps should for the big screen. However, there’s enough jokes and subtle nods toward the source material here to make this the perfect example of how to adapt an animated children’s show whilst keeping the integrity and spirit of the original in check. Parents and kids will certainly love this but perhaps everyone else may not take to it quite so fondly. Click Here To Go Back To Our Film Reviews

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Nearly 20 years’ worth of tinies have grown up on the beloved Dora The Explorer’s TV cartoon jungle jaunts. But James Bobin’s cheery if wholesomely predictable live-action big-screen transplant takes a gently spoofing tone, getting knowing gags out of Dora’s Isabela Moner bottomless backpack and trademark smiley to-camera questions. When her explorer parents a doting Eva Longoria and Michael Peña flip her from the Amazon into a snobby LA high school, the film is on full comic mode, as knowledge-loving chirpy Dorka’ becomes a socially scorned misfit. But a Goonies-style old-school adventure kicks in when she and a group of classmates are kidnapped by mercenaries tracking her parent’s secret expedition to Parapata, the Incan City of the quarrelling, wisecracking teens pick their way fearfully through the Peruvian jungle, the film opts for a slapstick vibe, throwing head-scratching Inca puzzles, whooshy water-slide tunnels and booby-trapped temples at them. With the jeopardy strictly PG deadly quicksand is a riot of fart noises, the film’s playful aspect is its best side, milking CGI creations Boots the monkey voiced by Danny Trejo and the thieving Swiper the fox Benicio Del Toro for cosy it comes up short on the thrills and spills, Moner’s hilariously upbeat Dora is downright delightful, especially when forced to school her cooler compadres in the jungle’s secrets. Parents will appreciate the snappy-not-sappy eco messages and pro-learning stance, firmly on the side of the team player rather than the tomb raider.
Justins review: Anyone who’s been a parent of a very small child in the last couple of decades most likely bears deep emotional scars from having to watch incredibly basic and insipid children’s programming that one-year-olds love. These are your Baby Einsteins, your Wonder Pets, your Mickey’s Clubhouse, and, yes, your Dora the Explorers.
Isabela Moner deftly updates the animated heroine in a film that, after a shaky start, hits the right notes of fun and cultural specificity Paramount When “Dora the Explorer” made her debut on Nickelodeon in 2000, she not only became the first animated Latina character in a leading role but also birthed what would become the longest-running American TV show that featured characters speaking Spanish. The show is still running on Nickelodeon with new episodes. Nineteen years later, Dora gets the live-action treatment in “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” and despite an awkward first act, the film harkens back to the family-adventure genre that today’s parents can recall from their own childhoods. Dora Isabela Moner, “Instant Family” and her parents Michael Peña and Eva Longoria have lived in the jungles of South America for all of Dora’s life. The jungle is her home, her school and her playground, and like many young teenagers she runs through her life documenting everything with a GoPro strapped on, speaking to an invisible audience about the wonders of exploring the rain forest. For over a decade, in between homeschooling Dora and creating a family life in the jungle, her professor parents have been searching for the lost Incan city of Parapata and have just found the key to its location somewhere in the jungles of Peru. Watch Video New 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' Trailer Ends on Fart Jokes Wanting to keep Dora safe while they set off on a months-long exploration and also worried that perhaps she is a little socially inept, having never been around kids her own age, they send her to stay with her once-best friend, her cousin Diego Jeff Wahlberg, and his parents in Los Angeles, with only one piece of advice “Just be yourself.” And she tries. But the dangers of living among deadly animals and insects is a piece of cake compared to dealing with other teenagers. Feeling more isolated than ever before, Dora keeps in touch with her parents via a two-way radio that they use to update their daughter with their latest coordinates whenever they can. Suddenly, after months of constant communication, her parents go radio silent, which doesn’t alarm Dora until she, Diego and two kids from school end up getting kidnapped by booty-hunting mercenaries who want to use Dora to track her parents and, ultimately, to lead them to Parapata’s long-lost treasure. Watch Video 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' Trailer Shows the Explorer Facing the Jungle of High School The entire first act of “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” plays as though screenwriters Nicholas Stoller “Night School” and Matthew Robinson “Monster Trucks” couldn’t decide what they wanted the film to be Is it coming-of-age story? A fish-out-of-water tale? A by-the-book play on the original TV series? Or is this supposed to be “Mean Girls” for Gen Z? The tone is so uneven at times that the Spanish which Peña, Longoria and Moner all speak fluently sounds forced — as if the screenwriters wanted to make a statement “See? This is a Latino family!” It’s only once the script remembers that the character started out as a little girl who loves to explore new places — and who just happens to be a Latina — that the film begins to breathe, making room to embrace zany characters like the mysterious Alejandro Eugenio Derbez, the fox Swiper voiced by Benicio Del Toro and the monkey Boots voiced by Danny Trejo, among others. Also Read Eva Longoria on ABC's 'Grand Hotel' and Flipping the Upstairs, Downstairs Genre on Its Head It’s then that director James Bobin shifts the film into something that simultaneously honors the original show while waxing nostalgic on 1980s kid-friendly adventure films like “The Goonies,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” and even “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” Thanks to his experience directing both “The Muppets” and “Muppets Most Wanted,” Bobin is no stranger to creating a world where it’s completely natural to have a bandana-wearing fox roaming around swiping things for a living. But much credit is due to Oscar-winning production designer Dan Hennah “Lord of The Rings”, who creates a South American jungle that can both serve family adventure and bend to a hyper-reality with an animated monkey on a whim. While the entire ensemble is fun to watch, it’s Moner who sells “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.” I’m no “Dora” expert, but I did spend many hours a day oh, so many watching the animated series with my daughter during her toddler and preschool years, so there’s an emotional connection between the character and my daughter’s childhood that I wasn’t certain Moner could maintain. Also Read Michael Peña to Play Mr Roarke in 'Fantasy Island' Film The biggest challenge of an actor in any live-action update of an animated character is to make an audience that is already loyal to the original fall in love with a newer rendition. And that’s exactly what Moner does; her Dora has the DNA of everything that made the original so special while offering a fresh take for newer generations experiencing the character for the first time. She captures Dora’s wide-eyed innocence with aplomb while also allowing her to be just a teenager. In the second half, the film not only deploys Spanish but also Quechua, an indigenous language of the Quechua peoples who live mainly in Peru. It may be a small thing, and one only someone of Peruvian heritage like myself might catch, but if Quechua hadn’t been spoken by the indigenous people Dora meets in the film, I am not so sure I would have been convinced by the story. Offering indigenous representation, especially in language, opens eyes to the origins of Latinx cultures, free from an Anglo or Westernized perspective, allowing characters like Dora and her family to become something Latinos of all ages can revere and enjoy. dok Nickelodeon. Dora The Explorer yang pernah jadi teman masa kecil anak 90-an dan generasi-z akhirnya direalisasikan jadi film live action! Dahulu sempat jadi wacana, rupanya pada 2019 hal ini jadi nyata. IDN Times telah menyaksikan Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Dibintangi Isabela Moner dan Michael Peña, inilah lima kelebihan dan Now a young adult, the former kid explorer named Dora is big on adventure and wildlife in the new live-action film Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Mostly getting rid of the childish themes of the hit animated show, this now teenage Dora journeys to the dark side of the jungle in order to save the day and her family while navigating traps, villains and a water slide that is eerily reminiscent of The Goonies. No matter how action-packed director James Bobin The Muppets tried to make this adaptation, it never grows past a five-year-old level, despite some phenomenal set pieces. In other words, the film takes no chances on being edgy or growing up with Dora herself, instead, the film relies on the safe way of delivering dialogue and cartoonish action sequences that would only excite super young fans of the show. The 16-year-old Dora Isabela Moner lives with her parents Eva Longoria and Michael Pena in the jungle inside a luxurious jungle abode. Even though she's been raised in the wild by her animal friends and parents, she is set to Los Angeles to a city high school. She doesn't take to city life very well due to her awkward know-it-all nature, but she makes a friend or three and eventually Dora and her three classmates are sent back to Dora's parent's place in Peru to search for The City of Lost Gold. That's where Alejandro iconic actor Eugenio Derbez enters the picture as the flamboyant bad guy that never seems to be an enemy, but more of a slight nuisance. I know themes are light-hearted in the film, but to amp up any sort of conflict or suspense, the villain should be as good as its protagonist, which it never is here. Dora and the Lost City of Gold is not a good film. Each bit of adventure, drama, and suspense or lack thereof falls flat and vanishes immediately into thin air. Every henchman or foe that crosses paths with the teens is easily knocked down with no real fight or anxiety. The animated Lion King movie is more likely to give kids nightmares than this film. In addition to that, the performances border on silly self-awareness and being over-the-top in every scene. It becomes tiresome quickly. The one element that has worked well in the film is the elaborate and practical set pieces, which look top-notch and beautiful. The jungle never looked so bright and prosperous before with big stone structures, tons of trees and wildlife, and other mysteries along with way. It brought that old nostalgic feel of real-life sets back to the films and left a lot of the CGI at the door, with the exception of Dora's animal friends. For trying to be a hip, young adult feature film and furthering the story of Dora, this Lost City of Gold never pushes any boundaries, let alone step within 50 feet of them. The result is a movie that wants to attract all ages, especially the teen audiences, but could only muster a toddler's attention span for a few minutes. It's painful to get through and that's unfortunate because this could've been that start of a bigger franchise with a little grit. Vital Disc Stats The Blu-ray Paramount swings Dora and the Lost City of Gold to Blu-ray + DVD + Digital. The discs are housed in a blue plastic case with a cardboard sleeve featuring the entire cast Inside, you'll find the digital code that you can download for iTunes. TheCGI is occasionally shoddy, too. This shouldn’t bother a child audience, though, and the film succeeds in not outstaying its welcome. It doesn’t deserve to rub shoulders with the likes of Paddington, but Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a proper kids’ film that all ages can get enjoyment from. Considering how much of a flop this 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.
Doraand the Lost City of Gold Trailer. James Bobin's Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) movie trailer stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Nicholas Coombe, and Madeleine Madden.

While most of us groan whenever yet another adaptation is announced, we’re entering a whole new era of them. Whereas studios would throw so many different incarnations of popular properties at the wall to see what stuck in the past few decades sometimes with wildly different tones, we’re now at the point where said studios are sick of losing tens of millions of dollars, rebooting the same characters ten times over. Instead, why not throw a decent amount of change in Dora’s case, $40 million dollars at a project to get it right the first time pleasing existing fans and garnering new ones in the process. At least then there’s room to build. Dora and the Lost City of Gold does just that, taking the decidedly very G-rated cartoon and morphing it into a slightly more grown-up PG live-action adaptation. Eva Longoria, Michael Peña, and Isabela Moner in Dora and the Lost City of Gold 2019 The setup seems like it merits those same groans but quickly evolves. The gist is that Dora’s parents Michael Peña, Eva Longoria, who have homeschooled her all her life and trained her I the ways of an adventurer, send her off to public high school. This is exactly what I’m referring to above there was a chance that in decades past, the entire film would take place in said school, groan-worthy jokes and all. Thankfully they only use this period to set up Dora’s character, which all feels endearing in a way that’s extremely Elf2003-like. Dora congratulates her cafeteria staff for making something as amazing as mac & cheese in the same way Buddy celebrates “the world’s best cup of coffee,” but with an actual child-like innocence played straightly by Isabela Moner as our titular hero. The production team kind of doesn’t let up from there, as there are many cartoon aspects spliced into The Lost City of Gold’s DNA, including two literal cartoons Boots the monkey and Swiper the Fox. And by the way, when Swiper appears on-screen and just kind of talks, with zero explanation or magical lore-based reason, it’s incredible. The same goes for a surprise that I won’t mention here all of which help prevent Dora from being an edgy reboot or something that barely resembles its source material. Isabela Moner in Dora and the Lost City of Gold 2019 I’m glad they don’t dwell on the whole fish out of water thing for long, as the school motif is short-lived. We get to see Dora in a classroom setting, briefly at a dance, and then she and her friends are whisked away into a PG-Tomb Raider with constant mentions of death and some semi-harrowing situations. The second set crew has a chance to shine here with some great aerial shots, adding a nice element of practicality to a film with two computer-generated major characters. Don’t get too excited though, as this is still a family production filled to the brim with hokey jokes and performances of varying quality. A lot of the big talent is relegated to part-time roles, and while Moner is up to the task of carrying the film, she doesn’t get a lot of help especially from most of the adult cast. There are moments where they really commit with some jokes that elevate it above reactions that just involve kids snorting in a theatre, and there are parts where you’re kind of scratching your head wondering why they went the way they did. Dora probably isn’t going to sway any adults who aren’t into films aimed at younger audiences, but for everyone else, it’ll go down as one of the better family films and adaptations really in recent years. Dora is a great character and they did her justice.

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