The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)

The Movie about Eliza Thornberry meet cheetah mother, Akela, and her cub Tally who like to play but the poachers is capture Tally. but Eliza's grandmother Cordelia who sent her Boarding school in England but Darwin show up in her luggage. after that Eliza is still dreaming about what happen Tally to be taken away but then Shaman Mnyambo show up in her dream he wish her to go back Africa. Eliza and Darwin get back to Nairobi and find Tally before poachers on it way to elephants.This is one of my favorite Nickelodeon movie of all time ever, Yea Its was animated movie Based on Nickelodeon Show. Lacey Chabert is done well played the voice Eliza in this movie, she one of my favorite Nicktoon Paul Simon is done well wrote song from the movie as "Father and Daughter", but I recommended about him I seen him as guest star of "The Muppet Show" its you guys like the show as "The Wild Thornberrys", you look up on Shout Factory as The Complete Series on DVDs

...I'm simply too old to be loving stuff like this and yet every day at seven o'clock in the morning, fresh from the shower with a cup of tea in hand I watch EliZa, Darwin, Donnie et. al.Let's get something straight right now -- I'm 42. I love the series, the whole concept behind this young girl who can talk to animals. I love the green perspective the entire show possess. And most of all I love Tim Curry. The amount of creative engery he brings to Nigel blows me away.All of the actors -- especially Lacy and Tom are wonderful. It is the closest thing we have to the adventures of Jules Vern and Haggard. And that's just it -- The Wild Thornberries are Adventure!! And thanks to Nikki for getting the movie for my birthday.

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."

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!