An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue

2016 1h 38m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 33

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Synopsis

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Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Lea Clark
Hallie Todd
Carol Clark
Laysla De Oliveira
Paula Ferreira
Storm Reid
Aki
Connor Dowds
Zac Clark
Sean Cameron Michael
Ricardo Carvalho
Kevin Otto
Rick Clark
Joe Vaz
Miguel Belo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nadia Tass
Writers: Karen Bloch Morse
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "An American Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nadia Tass, shot by David Parker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kenneth Burgomaster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bin Li shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Maggie Elizabeth Jones and Hallie Todd and Laysla De Oliveira carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4827290 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nadia Tass directs. David Parker behind the camera. Kenneth Burgomaster scores. Bin Li cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 10 years ago.
2Part of the "An American Girl Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Nadia Tass, shot by David Parker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Kenneth Burgomaster. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Bin Li shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Maggie Elizabeth Jones and Hallie Todd and Laysla De Oliveira carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt4827290 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 33 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Parker
Original score: Kenneth Burgomaster
Editing: Bin Li
Production design: Brian Glaser
Costume design: Danielle Knox
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue (2016)

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An American Girl Collection

American Girl is a line of books, movies, dolls, and accessories based on pre-teen girl characters from various periods of history including the 21st century. Several of the characters from the American Girl books have since had their stories adapted into films, the majority of them released as direct-to-DVD or television films

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Reno2016-11-04
★ 6/10
An American girl in the Amazon Jungle. This is the tenth film in the 'American Girl' franchise. And this time the theme is a rescue mission. Like I mentioned in the 'Grace Stirs Up Success' (the previous film), I haven't seen all film in the series. This is for children, particularly the preteen girls. So for the grown ups it is like a joke, especially if you are a man. But basically I watch anything, there's no restriction to that, because I want to be an all-rounder. Despite I'm not the target audience, I think it is just an okay film, I mean an average. Though the response from the kids would differ, so watch for them, with them, if you have got one in your family. Well, the 'American Girl' films never followed the order or the cast had ever returned. It is so random from the story to the characters and the timeline. So this tale is about another American girl called Lea Clark, who loves adventures and the wild animals, but it is a far more dream than reality to her. But when her family receives a message that her brother gone missing in Brasil, she packs her bag along with her mother and lands in Manaus. While her mother making an effort to bring him back, Lea makes her own attempt and while doing that, she gets lost in the Amazon forest. From there how she makes back and what about her brother, all comes solving in the final quarter of the film. "What one finds is not stolen. Whoever lost was careless." The little girl Maggie Elizabeth Jones from 'We Bought a Zoo' all grown-up to a teenager. Looks like another young artist who might make big in the filmdom in the near future. Because many who played in this series are now the well known names. Maggie's role was decent, but the issue was the story's silly and predictable. Anyway, that's how a children's film looks like, without the adult contents and explosions. So if you want to watch this, you must compromise on those stuffs, otherwise don't go for it. As I have heard, the story takes place in the Amazon forest, but the filming was done in the African rainforest. But I guess some of them were the settings. Overall, the locations are very beautiful and they make good use of it tell the story. Since it takes place in Brasil, some of the lines are in Portuguese. This is suppose to be a comedy, but the theme was very serious, still somewhat it manages to produce a few jokes now and them. A good mix of everything, like a whole family can sit and watch together. Not all the films in this series were the theatrical product, but this one was with a couple of others. One thing I always fascinated with this franchise is that they all gives a good message to the youngsters. So every time with a different topic and on the bottom line, takes a bit sentimental dip as well. This time it is highlighted the poaching and its related problems. The wildlife and the forest conservation is a good message to teach kids in this global warming era. So I think it would be a good watch for them. It's nearly time for the production house to announce the next film, so I'm looking forward to know what theme they would choose. Meantime, if you think it is not for you, at least show it to your kids. 6/10

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