Synopsis
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
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Cast
- Isabela MercedDora
- Jeffrey WahlbergDiego
- Madeleine MaddenSammy
- Eugenio DerbezAlejandro Gutierrez
- Michael PeñaCole - Dora's Father
- Eva LongoriaElena
- Benicio del ToroSwiper (voice)
- Madelyn MirandaDora (6 years)
- Malachi BartonDiego (6 years)
- Dee Bradley BakerAnimal Vocalizations (voice)
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
Disney, take note: This is how to do a winning live-action update of a cartoon. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
It's so joyful and confident in its own premise that it practically dares you not to walk out of the theater with a smile on your face, strutting like a peacock. - 75
Chicago Tribune
The action in this live-action adaptation is sanded down and decidedly safe. Bobin loses the geographical thread in the film’s climax in and around Parapata, but it’s never about the visual thrills, it’s about the girl at the center of it all. - 70
Variety
The most endearing quality of Nicholas Stoller and Matthew Robinson’s script — not counting the fact they didn’t try to whitewash their Latina heroine — is the way it permits Dora to remain indefatigably upbeat no matter what the situation, whether navigating treacherous Incan temples or facing an auditorium of jeering teenage peers. - 70
TheWrap
The biggest challenge of an actor in any live-action update of an animated character is to make an audience that is already loyal to the original fall in love with a newer rendition. And that’s exactly what Moner does; her Dora has the DNA of everything that made the original so special while offering a fresh take for newer generations experiencing the character for the first time. - 67
The A.V. Club
Dora And The Lost City Of Gold, like that Nancy Drew movie, isn’t really for teenagers, any more than High School Musical is; it’s for tweenage-and-younger kids who look toward the high-school horizon with a combination of aspirational awe and chilling fear. - 63
Movie Nation
It's still as charming as a ham-fisted Hollywood treatment of a kids' cartoon can be. I don't see why any ten year-old wouldn't adore Dora. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
In essence, every dramatic goal is achieved far too easily, every opponent is ultimately made of straw. The characters are never truly challenged, as if the filmmakers are afraid that any credible peril might prove too frightening for some little kid.
