Bookworm

Bookworm

103 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | Aug. 8, 2024

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.

Bookworm

103 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | Aug. 8, 2024

Bookworm
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Firefly Films
Original title Bookworm
Directors Ant Timpson
Writers Toby Harvard, Ant Timpson

Cast

Elijah Wood

as Strawn Wise

Nell Fisher

as Mildred

Michael Smiley

as Arnold

Nikki Si'ulepa

as Dotty

Vanessa Stacey

as Angelina

Theo Shakes

as Reginald