Dora and the Lost City of Gold's reviews
Media reviews
New York Post
Disney, take note: This is how to do a winning live-action update of a cartoon. I can?t remember when I?ve laughed out loud this much in a kids? movie.
The Wrap
Isabela Moner deftly updates the animated heroine in a film that, after a shaky start, hits the right notes of fun and cultural specificity.
Variety
The most endearing quality of Nicholas Stoller and Matthew Robinson?s script is the way it permits Dora to remain indefatigably upbeat no matter what the situation, whether navigating treacherous Incan temples or facing an auditorium of jeering teenage peers.
The A.V. Club
Even if Dora takes a little too much time to reach the climactic adventure-movie ?jungle puzzles?, Bobin keeps the adventure brisk and surprisingly credible-looking, with bright but not overlit cinematography.
Slashfilm
'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' is charming enough, even as its conclusion smacks of overfamiliarity. A winning lead performance, coupled with a slightly cheeky and anarchic storytelling style, are enough to withstand plotting that owes an unpayable debt to the most famous movie adventurer of the modern age.
The Hollywood Reporter
Every dramatic goal is achieved far too easily, every opponent is ultimately made of straw. The characters are never truly challenged, as if the filmmakers are afraid that any credible peril might prove too frightening for some little kid.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote