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Bookworm

Adventure called her name... Unfortunately dad answered.

Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the ultimate test of family bonding – a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

20241h 44mNRAdventure, Family, Comedy, Drama

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About Bookworm

Directors
Ant Timpson
Cast
Nell Fisher, Elijah Wood, Michael Smiley, Vanessa Stacey, Morgana O'Reilly, Millen Baird
Genres
Adventure, Family, Comedy, Drama
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
New Zealand, United States of America
Status
Released

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