Underplayed Gems

My Father's Dragon (2022)

My Father's Dragon poster
Directed by
Nora Twomey
Genre
fantasy, adventure film, children's film
Country
United States, Ireland
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 119 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy runs away from home to rescue a dragon trapped on a faraway island. He befriends the dragon and helps him escape from the other animals on the island.

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What happens

My Father's Dragon is a 2022 animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Nora Twomey with a screenplay by Meg LeFauve who co-wrote the story with John Morgan. It is based on the 1948 children's novel of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett. The film is also dedicated to Morgan who died from cancer during the film's production in March 2016. An international co-production of the United States and Ireland, the film features the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O'Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ian McShane. Co-produced by Netflix Animation, Mockingbird Pictures and Cartoon Saloon, the film was originally set for a 2021 premiere on Netflix, but was pushed to a Netflix release on November 11, 2022, after a limited theatrical release in Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom on November 4. Despite receiving positive reviews from critics, it became Cartoon Saloon's first film to not achieve a Best Animated Feature nomination at the Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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