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Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

Dora and the Lost City of Gold poster
Directed by
James Bobin
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, action film, adventure film, family film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 1,836 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl who grew up in the jungle has to adjust to high school in the city. She and her friends go on a quest to find a lost Incan city and rescue her parents.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedenergeticcheerfuladventuroussillyfeel-good

What happens

Dora and the Lost City of Gold is a 2019 American adventure comedy film loosely based on the Dora the Explorer animated television series, and the first feature film in the franchise. The film was directed by James Bobin and written by Nicholas Stoller and Matthew Robinson, and stars Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña and Eva Longoria, with Danny Trejo as the voice of Boots. The "Lost City of Gold" is based on the legendary Inca city, Paititi. A live-action Dora film was announced in 2017, and Moner was cast in the title role in May 2018. Filming took place from August to December 2018 in Australia and Peru. John Debney and Germaine Franco composed the film's score. The film was theatrically released in the United States and South Korea on August 9, 2019, by Paramount Pictures and CJ Entertainment. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and was a moderate box office success, grossing $121 million against a budget of $49 million. A follow-up/reboot, Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado, was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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