The Wild Thornberrys Movie Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath
Genres: Children's/Family
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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 Rugrats in Paris). The main character is 12-year-old Eliza Thornberry (voice of Lacey_Chabert), a braces-and-glasses-wearing eccentric girl in an adventurous family of travelers. Due to an interaction with a shaman, she has been granted the special power of communication with animals, as long as she promises not to tell anyone about it. Her powers are challenged when her parents, Nigel (voice of Tim_Curry) and Marianne (voice of Jodi_Carlisle), decide to take the family on an African safari to make a nature documentary. Also along for the trip is snobby sister Debbie (voice of Danielle_Harris), feral youngster Donnie (voice of Flea from the Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers), and pet chimpanzee Darwin (voice of Tom_Kane). After her new Cheetah cub friend is stolen by poachers, Eliza is determined to get involved. However, the stuffy Thornberry grandparents get in the way by sending her to boarding school. It's up to Eliza and Darwin to defeat the poachers and save the cub. Also featuring the voice talents of Brenda_Blethyn and Lynn_Redgrave. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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