Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012)

France, Spain

Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family

StudioCanal, Lightbox Entertainment, Ikiru Films, Telefónica Studios, Telecinco Cinema, El Toro Pictures, Canal+

Óscar Barberán, Michelle Jenner, José Mota, Pep Anton Muñoz, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Luis Posada

Enrique Gato

Diego San José, Ignacio del Moral, Verónica Fernández, Jordi Gasull

Taglines: No whip, no gun... All fun!

treasure, helicopter, peru, pyramid, museum, parrot, hot air balloon, jungle, train, dog, desert, explorer, construction worker

Tad is a celebrity archaeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon... in his dreams! In reality, Tad is a Chicago construction worker. One day, however, he is mistaken for a real professor and takes his place on a flight to Peru in search of the lost city of Paititi.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Rough watch, probably won't watch again, and can't confidently recommend, unless it's for younger audiences...and even then, probably no. This movie feels like a first attempt. Tad is actually a charming underdog character, Sarah plays well as an attraction for the lead and an independently grown character which shows so much intricacy from a writing perspective that the rest of the non-animal characters are baffling. There is just so little here to work with that I don't have a lot to say. The train action sequence was actually decent, but I was wasn't engaged with the movie for the majority of the time. I think this is better skipped, but if you actually like this, then there is a sequel that is slightly better.