Tico's function on the show is to help Dora teach the audience words and phrases in Spanish Dora has to tell Tico something in Spanish, such as "Faster", "Stop", "Wait", or "Look out", and she asks the viewers at home to say it along with her. He is often found driving in his little yellow car or in his tree at the Nutty Forest. Since Tico can operate any vehicle-everything from a bicycle-powered plane to a Super Spy boat-car-he has been known to save the day in a crisis. While Tico is young and playful, he can also be brave and heroic.
#DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD TICO SERIES#
A series of “jungle puzzles,” as Coombes’ character calls them, causes the film to fall into a steady and episodic rhythm, which is a bit of a letdown compared to the lively and subversive nature of the first half.īut if you’ve ever wondered what to do if you should find yourself stuck in quicksand, Dora has the answer to the dilemma-and every other one, for that matter.A four-year-old Spanish-speaking squirrel and a good friend to Dora. There, they team up with the frantic and grating Eugenio Derbez as a fellow explorer who’s also searching for Parapata. But the script from Stoller and Matthew Robinson contrives to send Dora, Diego, and their friends back to South America for a series of “Indiana Jones”-lite adventures. There’s plenty of material to mine there as Dora strives to find her way in such a vastly different environment while still staying true to herself. Wahlberg brings a deadpan humor as the increasingly mortified Diego, while Madeleine Madden plays the bossy queen bee who’s threatened by her smarts and Nicholas Coombe is the self-deprecating nerd who’s enamored of them. She’s so darn innocent and earnest, you can’t help but root for her-or at least hope she’ll survive. ( Adriana Barraza, part of the strong Latinx cast, brings grace to the role of Dora and Diego’s abuelita.)ĭora’s fish-out-of-water antics are quickly and consistently amusing, whether she’s offering a cheery hello in English and Spanish to every stranger on the street or navigating the pitfalls of public-school adolescence. Now that she’s a teenager, her parents have decided to send her to Los Angeles to attend high school with Diego (Jeff Wahlberg) while they go on a dangerous mission to find the elusive, mysterious Parapata, the lost city of gold. In fact, she’s never really had any other friends her age-or human friends, period-besides her cousin Diego, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl. It’s an idyllic existence that has sharpened her wits and fostered her curiosity, but it hasn’t exactly made her street smart. Following supporting roles in films including “ Transformers: The Last Knight” and “ Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” this is a star-making performance-so much so that it makes you wish the whole film were as good as she is.ĭora has grown up in the Peruvian rainforest with her zoologist mother ( Eva Longoria) and archaeologist father ( Michael Peña). But Moner is also in on the joke, bringing expert comic timing and just the right amount of a knowing wink to these perky proceedings. Whether she’s encountering a deadly, poisonous frog or digging a hole to help a friend relieve herself in the wilderness, she’s got a can-do attitude and likely a song for every occasion. Pulling off this tricky feat at the center of it all is the actress playing Dora herself, the magnetic Isabela Moner, whose performance is reminiscent of Amy Adams’ thoroughly delightful work in “ Enchanted.” She’s giddy and guileless-borderline manic at times-and she has an unflappably sunny demeanor no matter the scenario. But they also see the importance of celebrating a strong, confident little girl with a kind heart, resourceful mind and fearless spirit.
They recognize how insane it is that Dora’s friends include a talking backpack and map, for example, or that her chief adversary in the jungle, Swiper, is a fox wearing a bandit’s mask. They’re making fun of the inherently surreal nature of the show without tipping all the way over into parody or cruelty. Director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller, who previously collaborated on the most recent “Muppets” movies, achieve a similar sense of humor and tonal balance here. “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” manages to ride a fine line between being true to the characters and conventions of the series and affectionately skewering them. But I am here to tell you that you will be shockingly entertained.
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