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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010 · 88 min

A gentle, colourful ocean journey that mixes playful animal antics with mild peril and a soft environmental message.

Directed by
Ben Stassen
Genres
Animation, Family
Tagline
Hatch Me If You Can
Overview
Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy races across the beach to the ocean while avoiding being caught by seagulls and crabs. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey where he overcomes obstacles, both natural and man-made, while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and never forgets about Shelly, a turtle he saved that first day on the beach and the one he's always loved.

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Directed by
Ben Stassen
Genres
Animation, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • love
  • survival
  • environment
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • sea
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Sammy's Adventure Collection

  1. A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's AdventuresMovie · 2010 This title
  2. A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from ParadiseMovie · 2012

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Genres
animation, family
Directed by
Ben Stassen
Written by
Domonic Paris
Starring
Yuri Lowenthal, Gemma Arterton, Isabelle Fuhrman, Melanie Griffith, Tim Curry, John Hurt, Robert Sheehan, Kathy Griffin
Music
Ramin Djawadi
Runtime
88 min
Country
Belgium, France, Italy, United States of America
Languages
English

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