Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Director: James Bobin James Bobin

Overview

Directed by James Bobin and based on the TV series Dora the Explorer created by Eric Weiner, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Chris Gifford, this family adventure film follows Dora (Isabela Moner) as she moves from the jungle to High School. Inevitably, High School turns into a dramatic adventure to save Dora's Mom (Eva Longoria) and Dad (Michael Pe?a) and find the lost city of gold, with kids from her school, cousin Diego (Jeffrey Wahlberg), Boots the monkey and a jungle dweller (Eugenio Derbez) coming along for the ride.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/2019
UPC:	0032429329899
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	PG
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	5,950

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Isabela Merced	Dora
Eugenio Derbez	Alejandro
Michael Peña	Cole
Eva Longoria	Elena
Danny Trejo	Boots
Adriana Barraza	Abuela Valerie
Temuera Morrison	Powell
Jeffrey Wahlberg	Diego
Nicholas Coombe	Randy
Madeleine Madden	Sammy
Q'Orianka Kilcher	Inca Princess Kawillaka
Pia Miller	Diego's Mother
Bianca Wallace	Airport Passenger
Madelyn Miranda	Young Dora
Isela Vega	Old Woman
Malachi Barton	Young Diego
Christopher Kirby	Actor
Joey D. Vieira	Nico,Nico
Natasa Ristic	Christina X
Laura Jane Jones	Vocalist
Amber Powson	Tourist
Arthur Costa Filho	Actor
Elizabeth Xu	Dancer
Emilia Lau	Crowd High School Student
Shaun Barry	Bad Guy
Ken Wantanable	Actor
Jason Virgil	Airport Passenger
Tivon Toito'ona	Soccer Team Kid #
Sean Edward Frazer	Teacher
Jace Fleming	Luca - Mean Kid
Darcy Worthington	Soccer Team Kid #3
Mivon Prince-Leyva	Lost Guardian
Lachlan Winters	High School Student/Dancer
Rob Schyff	TSA Officer
Emily Bell	Soccer Kid #4
Braden Lewis	Airport Kid
Alice Lanesbury	Flight Attendant
Russ Gallagher	Tourist
Michelle Collins	English Teacher
Cameron Jackson	High School Student #23
Bailey Hendy	Soccer Team Kid #2
Kevin	The Gardener
Nadia Liebig	Airport Passenger
Tannum Bowater	Pilot
John Debney	Actor,Composer,Composer
Valerie Walsh	Actor
Tamazin Simmonds	Actor
Chris Gifford	Actor
Matt Okine	le professeur
Dee Bradley Baker	Voices
Sasha Toro	Voices
Marc Weiner	Voices
Isabela Moner	Dora
Benicio Del Toro	Swiper
Haley Tju	Isa the Iguana
Arthur Costa	Guardian
Ken Watanabe	LAX Businessman
Germaine Franco	Composer

Technical Credits

Matthew Robinson

Nicholas Stoller

James Bobin	Director
Kristin Burr	Producer
Matthew Robinson	Screenwriter
Nicholas Stoller	Screenwriter
Julia Pistor	Executive Producer
John G. Scotti	Executive Producer
Eugenio Derbez	Executive Producer
Sarah Finn	Casting
Ben Barker	Sound/Sound Designer
Niv Adiri	Sound/Sound Designer
Danny Freemantle	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Director James Bobin (Alice Through the Looking Glass) brings this long-running, animated children's character to the screen - and her teens - through a screenplay by Matthew Robinson (Monster Trucks) and Nicholas Stoller (Muppets Most Wanted). While just fun enough to be a good night of entertainment, there are moments where the writers go overboard in their dedication to the source. When her parents find a lead on a long-lost Incan city, Dora (Isabela Moner) is excited to join them. To her surprise and disappointment, they have other plans, intending that she grow by living in the city with her cousin and best friend Diego (Jeff Wahlberg). However, the jungle follows her, and she and Diego soon find themselves back in South America with two classmates, in a race to save both her parents and themselves from unscrupulous treasure hunters. The scriptwriters were wise enough to recognize that the film would not work without poking fun at the source material. This often coalesces and is exceptional in certain scenes, but excessive in others. Even the most loyal of former and current fans could occasionally find themselves cringing. But as an adventure story for children, it plays out well, providing plenty of action and as solid a script as could be expected, without anything inappropriate or too scary. Interwoven in the film are couple of well-played and unassuming lessons for viewers of the right age. Most of the actors are adequate in their roles without being exceptionally memorable. As in the original series, though, it is all about Dora, and Moner's exuberance and near-perfect performance in the role tie the rest of the cast together, making every portrayal work just right. This was probably the intent Bobin had in mind, and it works smoothly. The action is right on point, thanks to well-managed cinematography that follows the adventure without getting lost in it. The CGI on Boots (Danny Trejo) and Swiper (Benicio Del Toro) never looks artificially placed, although the characters are too cartoonish to feel completely organic in the otherwise live-action film. Unlike many modern films, the special effects do not attempt to become the star of the show, and the technical departments largely give commendable efforts. Dora and the Lost City of Gold doesn't delve too deeply beyond entertainment (and that is fine), although it does present a good exercise in how seemingly different people can find solid ground together. Given that it is aimed at a PG audience that probably grew up on the show and might experience similar difficulties in their own lives as teens, the lesson might be una experiencia oportuna!