
Bookworm
Taste attributes: familyadventurecomedydramafastfresh & originalwholesomelightsimplelinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationship
"Adventure called her name... Unfortunately dad answered."
Boxlist takeGood-natured and light: a pacy comedy, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like escapism over depth.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Family
- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Firefly Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











