Emma y el jaguar negro

Teenager Autumn Edison (Lumi Pollack) lives in New York City with her father. They left their home in the Amazon jungle and her tribe after the murder of her activist mother 8 years earlier. Her father had been hiding letters from her tribal relatives. Loggers, poachers, and others have been destroying the land all around them. As a child, Autumn had befriended a jaguar which she named Hope. There is only one jaguar left in the area which is being hunted endlessly. Autumn fears that it's Hope and runs away from home in a desperate attempt to save her friend. She is followed by her agoraphobic science teacher Anja (Emily Bett Rickards) who is trying to protect her student despite being completely hapless herself.

This reminds me a lot of those old style Disney movies with unreal characters, unreal situations, and unreal animals. At least, this has its heart in the right place and some of the jungle locations are amazing. As for the unreal characters, I am more put off by the Disney princess attempt. It's ridiculous for them to be floating down the river like a cartoon movie. I actually have no problem with Anja. She's meant for comedic relief. The Amazon situation is a bit simplistic to say the least. The film is nice and enjoyable, but the fakeness overwhelms the better aspects.

Of course the movie is an entire fantasy, but what's the problem of that?

When a fantasy shows us something interesting and give us some good time, it doesn't matter.

The city where the girl goes doesn't exist, but the name seems a clear reference to a real place, Mamirauá.

However, different than in the movie, Mamirauá is a safe study reserve. They receive tourists as well, in a very controlled way, I recommend.

The movie illustrate the dangers in criminal activities in Amazon, but as a family movie, it had to be a fantasy and end in a beautiful way, while the reality is much more harsh.

I don't think the movie was actually shot in Amazon. The water doesn't match, the travel itinerary doesn't match. However, just for making me remember the time I spent there, it deserves an 8.

I noticed some bad reviews around and I can only think they are created by people who lost the capability to enjoy some fantasy in their lifes.

This movie is a sweet family movie, that will appeal to the younger girls. There's not that much going on for the parents. The plot is predictable and the moral of the story is kind of force fed to you, but I have to be honest: it was quite fun to watch with our 6 year old daughter.

The movie has almost all the pitfalls of a family movie: overacting adults, too wise kid role, thin plot, deadly situations that are easily survived, and so on. But the main character is well played. The goofy teacher role is not believable (what is she doing there in the jungle?), but it is still filled in quite well. And if you like some jungle shots with waterfalls, you won't be disappointed.

Other than that, Autumn and the Black Jaguar was painful to watch. It features one of the worst portrayals of agoraphobia and anxiety I've ever seen - I'm genuinely appalled. Who wrote this and thought, "Yes, let's do it exactly like this"?

And did anyone even review the takes? There are glaring continuity mistakes like the frog dissection scene at the very start, where the handwriting literally changes between shots. It's wild.

If you love big cats, watch a documentary instead. This one is a tragic waste of potential (and feline charisma).

This movie is one of the weakest, most poorly scripted movie I have ever seen. Do. Not. Waste. Time. On this. Movie. Unrealistic, plagued by plot holes, this is hard to believe anyone would invest money, efforts, time and energy pursuing such weak story and script. I have seen my share of poor movies but tike is one of the worst. It is really hard to believe this le story from the get-go and to continue invest in the story. How can people write, find the funds and spend all the energy to write, produce and promote this poorly written, acted and delivered movie. This is a real waste of time and do not spent time, energy on this.