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The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 1616__thornberrys_l
'WILD' AT HEART Nick's cartoon family
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Release Date: Dec 20, 2002; Rated: PG; Length: 85 Minutes; Genres: Animation, Kids & Family; With: Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Flea, Danielle Harris and Tom Kane...
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By Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Worry not, Thornberrys novices: Before the opening credits of The Wild Thornberrys Movie, you're fully acquainted with Nickelodeon's cartoon clan of eccentric naturalists. Seems young Eliza Thornberry (voiced by Lacey Chabert) can talk to animals -- a handy talent, because her chipper Brit father (Tim Curry, all wonderfully Waughian nasality) is a globe-trotting Steve Irwin type. Eliza's gift brings her into conflict with (who else?) poachers, and the ensuing adventure takes her across Africa, here presented as a Disneyland teeming with cute, helpful natives and the music of Paul Simon.

''Thornberrys,'' recognizably the work of the ''Rugrats'' team, is an average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains -- though older viewers may lament the requisite celebratory rump-shaking, here touched off by a baboon stampede.


Posted Dec 19, 2002
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