Christopher Judge should be ashamed to be a main actor in this movie. The small Safari Zoo he runs barely is to the level of a terrible Roadside Zoo level. No barriers, walk paths right against the animals cages, multiple times the child actors tried to put their hands inside the cage, or feed the animals, and Judge's character had to stop them. (all scripted) A keeper enters the Tigers cage with the cat still in it, leaving the door open, and the kids feet away from the entrance. (that is how the cub escapes). The chainlink cages could hold a 150lb dog, but not a 400lb tiger. The whole place is a death trap and no where near a legit zoo or wildlife park. No one in their right mind would want to visit there. Judge is an animal lover, and I am surprised he would agree to star in a movie that portrays such a terrible and dangerous roadside zoo.
The rest of the movie, is B roll level. As many others have stated, acting is corny, full of cringe and sterotypes, and cookie-cutter cliches and overall, just is hard to watch. There is alot of obvious post production voice overs done for character dialog, as the audio is louder and a bit blown out compared to other dialog. It does appear that most of the scenes with the tiger cub and kids are real, meaning, the child actors were actually interacting with the animal, which i am sure the loved to do.
Overall though, if you can set aside the afore mentioned issues, it is a cute movie, that I am sure, many kids (and adults), can only wish to have happen to them in some form, to be able to take home a cute and cuddly tiger cub to play with and take care of. Course, this is pure fantasy, and in reality, things would be far different, should something like this happen.
This movie very much shows the wrong message, and only results watchers wanting a tiger as a pet because they are just so cute and cuddly and playful when young. The cub trade, petting and such, is a huge issue, exploiting them for financial gain, only to discard them after they are 5 months old, too big to be "played" with. They try to spell out the right message near the end, but the whole movie it slef is a farce to that message that Tigers are not Pets.
The rest of the movie, is B roll level. As many others have stated, acting is corny, full of cringe and sterotypes, and cookie-cutter cliches and overall, just is hard to watch. There is alot of obvious post production voice overs done for character dialog, as the audio is louder and a bit blown out compared to other dialog. It does appear that most of the scenes with the tiger cub and kids are real, meaning, the child actors were actually interacting with the animal, which i am sure the loved to do.
Overall though, if you can set aside the afore mentioned issues, it is a cute movie, that I am sure, many kids (and adults), can only wish to have happen to them in some form, to be able to take home a cute and cuddly tiger cub to play with and take care of. Course, this is pure fantasy, and in reality, things would be far different, should something like this happen.
This movie very much shows the wrong message, and only results watchers wanting a tiger as a pet because they are just so cute and cuddly and playful when young. The cub trade, petting and such, is a huge issue, exploiting them for financial gain, only to discard them after they are 5 months old, too big to be "played" with. They try to spell out the right message near the end, but the whole movie it slef is a farce to that message that Tigers are not Pets.
