TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT

Name: TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT
Item: TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT
Author: Review

"Adventures Are Better with Friends"

Family Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

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What You Need To Know:

TAFITI :ACROSS THE DESERT is an animated adventure about a small meerkat named Tafiti who lives with his family in a desert. His Grandpapa is adamant about everyone sticking to their own kind and teaches the young meerkats not to talk to strangers. When Grandpapa is bitten by a snake, Tafiti must find the magical blue flower, that according to legend, is the only way to save his grandpa’s life. When an unexpected visitor tags along, Tafiti learns the true value of friendship.

TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT has impressive production values with vivid animation. It’s an exciting adventure movie with many funny, heartwarming moments. The movie stresses Christian, moral values promoting life, family, friendship, helping those in need, admitting when you’re wrong, and perseverance. However, TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT also contains some mixed pagan and magical, though redemptive, elements involving a magical blue flower with the power to resurrect the dead. The movie has some insults, brief scatological humor, cartoon violence with some scares, and some suggestive jokes, magical thinking, lying and disobedience. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for young and older children.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Christian, moral worldview with a death and resurrection highlights family, friendship, helping those in need, the importance of admitting when you’re wrong, and not giving up when circumstances are stacked against you, but with mixed pagan and magical, though sometimes redemptive, elements involving a magical blue flower with magical properties and makes a person poof out glitter and can bring the dead to life, characters rely on constellations to guide the way to the “Gate of Snakes,” where the magical flower is said to be hidden, a character says, “We’re already in Heaven,” and characters wish upon a star, plus a character makes two politically correct jokes about veganism and not eating red meat;

Foul Language:

No obscenities or profanities but there’s some insulting language including several uses of the word “stupid,” characters call each other names like “big old greedy river hog” and “stupid bush hog,” characters tell each other to “buzz off” and to “shut it, hose nose,” and a character passes gas to free himself from a hole;

Violence:

Some cartoon action violence, includes characters chase and kick and hit each other, predatory animals threaten the heroes throughout including an eagle, snakes, a scary fish, jackals, etc., one character has a bloody scratch and gets a black eye, and characters bump into tress, fall off cliffs, hit rocks, and nearly drown;

Sex:

Light sexual content includes a jackal licks another in a suggestive way, a mole falls in love with an elephant and makes a joke about size not mattering, the mole and the elephant hug, kiss and cuddle several times, and characters hug in friendship and cuddle to keep warm at night;

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs;

Miscellaneous Immorality:

A character disobeys his grandma to set off on an adventure, characters lie, tease, taunt, fight, and yell at each other but admit when they’re wrong and apologize, one prejudiced character doesn’t want to socialize with other animals but comes around in the end.

More Detail:

TAFITI :ACROSS THE DESERT is an animated adventure about a small meerkat named Tafiti who lives with his family in a desert. His grandpapa is adamant about everyone sticking to their own kind and teaches the young meerkats not to talk to strangers. When Grandpapa is bitten by a snake, Tafiti must embark on an adventure to find the magical blue flower that, according to legend, is the only way to save his grandpa’s life. When an unexpected visitor tags along, Tafiti learns the true value of friendship.

TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT has impressive production values with vivid animation, and the main voice actors give excellent performances. The movie has a suspenseful storyline to keep children on the edge of their seats as the action unfolds. The plot is fast paced and has many funny and heartfelt moments. The cast of characters are kooky, particularly the bush hog, Bristle, whose silliness inspires many laughs.

Tafiti finds himself taking on the biggest adventure of his life when he must traverse a vast dry desert to locate the magical blue flower and save his grandpapa’s life. He sneaks away in the middle of the night but is followed by a tenacious bush hog who won’t take no for an answer. The duo stumble upon various friends and foes along the way, fighting off a looming eagle and other predators as they move from one dangerous terrain to another. Will the power of friendship be strong enough to lead them to the legendary blue flower in one piece?

TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT is a fun movie with a Christian and moral worldview highlighting friendship, helping those in need, the importance of admitting when you’re wrong, and not giving up when circumstances are stacked against you. However, it also contains a Pagan worldview involving a magical blue flower with the power to resurrect the dead. The characters rely on constellations to guide the way to the “Gate of Snakes,” where the flower is said to be hidden.

The movie contains cartoon action violence and many scenes with characters in jeopardy, which may frighten young children. Tafiti and Bristle encounter numerous scary animals and must fight their way through several dangerous environments while on their quest. Also, characters chase, hit and kick each other. There is light foul language and some scatological humor. Characters call each other names and tease one another, but it’s all good fun. Although it doesn’t set the best example for children about how to treat their neighbor.

Finally, while TAFITI: ACROSS THE DESERT is a movie with a lot of heart, there are several emotionally charged scenes that may be too sad for young children. Ultimately, it’s an exciting movie with a positive message but due to cartoon violence, several scenes with peril, some suggestive jokes, and magical thinking, MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for young and older children.

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