Bookworm (2024)

6.4/10 • 104 min • Adventure Family Comedy Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Nell Fisher

Mildred

Elijah Wood

Strawn Wise

Michael Smiley

Arnold

Vanessa Stacey

Angelina

Morgana O'Reilly

Zo

Millen Baird

Doctor

Nikki Si'ulepa

Dotty

Theo Shakes

Reginald

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