Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Explorer is her middle name.

2019 • 102 min • Family · Comedy · Adventure

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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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Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

1852 reviews

100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
66 Audience · 1849 · 47%

Dora, a lifelong jungle explorer, faces her toughest challenge yet: high school. When her parents vanish searching for a lost Incan city, Dora and her friends embark on a perilous adventure to find them and uncover the city's secrets.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 1/10
Scary moments: 4/10

Heads up

Some peril in the jungle
Characters face mild threats
Brief crude humor

What it models well

Curiosity and learning
Teamwork and friendship
Cultural appreciation
Problem-solving

Talk about it after

Exploring new environments
Valuing different cultures
Importance of family
Dealing with peer pressure

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Top billed cast

Director: James Bobin • Crew: Nicholas Stoller, Matthew Robinson, Nicholas Stoller, Tom Wheeler

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Reviewer notes

Recommended
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. There are a lot of confusing aspects to this movie that definitely hurt it, but it starts high enough each time, you just kind of personally pause and then the movie continues as if it wasn't a thing.…
Kamurai, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
The first 15 minutes of this movie had me worried. As someone who has never seen "Dora the Explorer", the in-jokes (outside of her talking to the audience early on) were completely lost on me. The scenes at the high school were pretty hard to watch, but once she and the group are in the jungles, I didn't mind it so much and the third act very much felt like an homage to Raiders of the Lost Ark.…
JPV852, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
This is legit Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider/National Treasure for kids - nothing and no-one is sexualised and there’s no violence, aside from the slapstick kind. Plus the humour is fantastic and friendly, and the film even pokes fun at the original TV show in a really great way. Everything is vibrant and exciting, and who doesn’t love a monkey sidekick and a thieving fox?…
SWITCH., TMDB Community