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  • 2022
  • PG
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary When 10-year-old Rob Horton (Christian Convery) discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May (Queen Latifah) and the stubborn new girl in school (Madalen Mills), he navigates through childhood me...

Written By: Ray Giarratana, Kate DiCamillo

  • 2022
  • PG
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 42 m

The Tiger Rising

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
33
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary When 10-year-old Rob Horton (Christian Convery) discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May (Queen Latifah) and the stubborn new girl in school (Madalen Mills), he navigates through childhood me...

Written By: Ray Giarratana, Kate DiCamillo

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50
Jan 20, 2022
The script wields its symbolic hammer so heavily that it tends to smother the story’s more authentic emotions.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 19, 2022
Director/screenwriter Giarratana occasionally summons up a lovely moment, although the overall tone is inconsistent.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
40
Jan 21, 2022
The metaphors are so obvious that the film becomes trapped in its own cage of archetypes and clichés, and unlike the tiger, there is no champion to open the gates to a more original cinematic world.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 21, 2022
Designed for maximum corniness, The Tiger Rising peppers its action with enough references to God, upturned-to-the-heavens gazes and warm enveloping light to make clear its function as a homily.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
20
Jan 23, 2022
The Tiger Rising is too serious and abstract for kids yet too ham-fisted for adults.
By Nadir Samara FULL REVIEW
20
Jan 21, 2022
Giarratana doesn’t seem to trust that the story of two kids and their emotions is enough of a draw onscreen, so they fluff up the movie to bolster the drama — but really, they should have just let the tiger run free.
By Petrana Radulovic FULL REVIEW

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Production Company GG Filmz, Bay Point Media, Streamline Global Group, Thomasville Pictures
Release Date Jan 21, 2022
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating PG
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Website https://theavenue.film/movies/the-tiger-rising
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Family Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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