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Woodwalkers
2024 103 min Austria, Germany, Italy 6+
★6.7
Fantasy, Family
Director: Damian John Harper
📖 Based on the novel
«Woodwalkers»
Trailers
Description
Humans who can shapeshift into animals struggle to integrate with others without revealing their special abilities. As a group, they strive to inform and institute change in the perspective of deforestation and the importance of natural habitats. However, when that cannot happen, they're forced to take matters into their own hands.
Worldwide:
$6.41M
Starring
Emile Chérif
Actor
Oliver Masucci
Actor
Martina Gedeck
Actor
Awards
2 nominations total
Key opinion
Woodwalkers is a visually polished and family-friendly fantasy film that successfully targets a young teen audience with its themes of friendship and nature. However, the film struggles with narrative logic and character development, often feeling simplistic or naive to more mature viewers.
| Production | The film features high-quality production design and impressive, realistic CGI animal transformations. | |
| Theme | The narrative prioritizes accessible, wholesome themes like environmental protection and the value of friendship for a younger demographic. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay suffers from significant plot inconsistencies, specifically regarding inconsistent moral stances on hunting and lax enforcement of school rules. | |
| Screenplay | The central antagonist is poorly constructed, lacking a credible threat level and coming across as merely petty. | |
| Pacing | While younger audiences may enjoy the brisk, fast-paced progression of the story, older viewers find the plot naive and underdeveloped. |