dancl78

They were showing this cheap at a cinema in the city.

I'd never heard of it, but I was spending the day with my 6 yr old, and thought it would be a good way to entertain him for a while, as he loves all things animation.

I think we've all been spoiled with the high quality of most animated kids movies - they usually have a good plot, and there are enough subtle "adult" gags and stuff to keep parents amused.

Not so with this one.

The animation was fine, but the writing, plot and dialogue were just daft, and often didn't make a lot of sense. At less than an hour and a half, it is a relatively short film, but I was glancing at my watch most of the way through, wishing it was over.

My son enjoyed it ok, so that's the main thing I supposed. I would have been annoyed if I'd paid full price for us to watch.

Little kids might enjoy if it comes on a screening service.

Grown ups - avoid.

I've lived in Australia for almost 20 years (born in UK), and done my fair share of adventuring here.

Can see how easy it would be to get in trouble doing what they did - I've had GPS go loopy in rural locations and keep sending me in loops and keep telling me to do u-turns, so I get how unprepared tourists could get themselves in trouble.

It wasn't a particularly interesting movie - there was no need for any of the wildlife shown to be in the movie - didn't add anything to it.

However, what would affect my score, would be if it really was a true story.

I've done a bit of searching online, and their names (Wade Kelly and Lisa Sachs) turn up nothing other than this movie.

5/10 if not true.

6/10 if true.

I don't go anywhere remote here in the car without at least 5 Litres of water per person, and a Personal Locator Beacon.