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all right so Bookworm uh takes place in
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New Zealand it's about 11-year-old girl
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this is a family film it's about an
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11-year-old girl named Mildred who is
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preparing to go on a camping trip with
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her mother um she has kind of a
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contentious relationship with her mother
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but they get along nonetheless uh the
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problem is is the night before the
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camping trip the mother goes into a coma
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after an exploding toaster uh explodes
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in front of her face um now she can't go
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on that camping trip and she's
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heartbroken uh because mother's now in a
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coma uh family member has to come in and
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take custody of of young Mildred here
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and who shows up but her biological
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father who she's never met uh in the
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form of stra wise played by Elijah Wood
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straw is a uh a fledgling Illusionist uh
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he was going to be famous until David
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Blaine stole all his good ideas um so
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now he's in this position where he has
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to take care of the daughter he doesn't
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know and uh what they soon find out is
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that uh that mild and her mom are
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seriously in debt uh they the medical
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bills are one thing that they can't
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afford but uh they've been borrowing
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money to survive and they need money
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fast and the reason why Mildred wants to
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go on this uh this camping trip is
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because out in the uh the the woods The
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Forest of New Zealand lives a legendary
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giant Panther uh no one has ever seen
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but people believe it's out there and if
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someone can shoot a video of this
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Panther uh they'll the the Press will
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$50,000 reward and so that's why she's
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out there now this movie is about this
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little Adventure it gets kind of Rocky
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there's a significant event that happens
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Midway through that I can't explain but
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the movie ultimately is about respect uh
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here's Mildred who has trouble
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respecting people in her life she's a
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loner uh she has trouble respecting her
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mother but definitely uh does not
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respect uh her biological father straw
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here and then straon is the the guy who
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kind of the first time in their
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relationship to step up to the plate and
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say okay I'm gonna do the father thing
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and uh and he has to go to extreme
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lengths to ultimately learn uh earn her
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respect and so this is a this is a
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family film it's from New Zealand it's
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uh the exploding toaster is kind of
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weird but uh you know it's safe for
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families uh it's a solid story uh I'm
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you know I'm this is not exactly what
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draws me to kids movies um so it'll get
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a bare recom recommendation for me it's
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safe it's got a good message it's it
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pushes things further than most American
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Family films do which I like uh so there
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you go it's uh it's it's just a nice
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family film without a father and
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daughter is it I like Elijah Wood is it
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a recommend it's a it's a bare recommend
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it's a it's a recommend for families who
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are looking for movies to watch that are
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safe what age group age group I would
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say so she's 11 years old here so around
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that age 11 and younger cool all right
