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Bookworm

2024 · 104 min

A warm, quirky adventure that balances laugh-out-loud comedy with genuine emotional stakes, like a buddy movie between a bookish kid and her hapless dad.

Directed by: Ant Timpson
Genres: Adventure, Family, Comedy
Starring: Nell Fisher, Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley

Tagline: Adventure called her name... Unfortunately dad answered.
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Ant Timpson
Genres: Adventure, Family, Comedy
Starring: Nell Fisher, Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
coming-of-age
addiction
healing
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: adventure, family, comedy, drama
Directed by: Ant Timpson
Written by: Toby Harvard
Starring: Nell Fisher, Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley, Vanessa Stacey, Morgana O'Reilly, Millen Baird, Nikki Si'ulepa, Theo Shakes
Music: Karl Sölve Steven
Cinematography: Daniel Katz
Runtime: 104 min
Country: New Zealand, United States of America
Languages: English

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