American Girl: Lea to the Rescue (DVD + Digital HD)

WARNING: This American Girl movie needs to be watched and talked about together or not watched at all.Lea did a number of things she knew her mother and others didn't want her to and it worked out well in the end.Seldom does this happen in real life, but seldom is a person a hero by keeping them self safe. A hero is someone that sees there are some things worth taking some risk. Why not call the police a number of them said, but her brother seemed to act like he didn't trust his work mates or the police. I picked that up when he told her. It is one of the frustrations of our days. Police have a quota of tickets they must pass out on top of their other duties. Our police forces are run with profit and loss equal to service to the public and their hands are tied in so many ways. I knew this at ten and it's worse now then then. Lea is a good kid who loves her parents. That love restrains her to a point but when that love is threatened she will not be stopped from her goal. Most of the American Girl movies are about the changes of growing up. This one is too, it's about deciding to do what is right for you regardless of the norm.First off let me say I've got all the American Girl movies, including digital ones of the two shorts of late. I've been into them since my girl was 9. She's 17 now. LOL. We wait eagerly for the next movie because so far we have had our own adventures with every one of them. We have used every one of the movies as a chance to grow and bond. Be it Cooking cupcakes or visiting the space and rocket Center or seeing old Jamestown it was time together that we will hold on to, for the rest of our lives.This one was different.I understood Lea like no other American Girl. The same complains I hear from the people that didn't like the movie I heard about me.And Lea had the same problem I had, no body listened when she talked. The adults wanted Lea to listen to them and be safe but no body listened to her. I heard people say she didn't respect and stay safe. I say she did respect that's why she told them. They didn't respect her by listening and having been Lea I can tell you it made me do just the sort of thing she did,run off on my own and do it myself. Was it not Samantha's Grandmeir that said, "It takes two to speak the truth, One to speak and the other to hear."?I think you need to sit down and talk with your child or children if and when they watch this film. Make sure they know what she did could lhave gotten her and her brothers girlfriend killed as well as the whole tribe of natives. That my friends is not good.

I love this movie with the adventurers and mysteries love that its kid friendly and affordable and love the quality of the movie defiantly worth your buck in my opinion

my daughter love this movie, definitely a good show for kids.

We've heard lots about this movie, disrespectful, walked out early, etc. My review is to approach this from yet another perspective while clarifying that in no way do we condone disrespect/disobedience. (My children are NOT ''sassy'' or disrespectful. They have 'moments' like 'normal' kids.) I've honestly heard much worse from some kids out there these days! This was nothing like any of that!) That said, we saw Lea as passionate and deeply concerned for the safety of her brother. Sometimes adults don't listen to their children. Children are capable of listening to their instincts without always being able to express themselves to the adults in their lives. If you can get beyond the earlier parts that may seem ''sassy, etc.'' you will discover that Lea is correct and gravely, justifiably concerned for her brother. Back to reality, haha, this is an adventure about a doll with American Girl and company bringing the world of Lea to life, a continuation of her story. It's make believe with lessons incorporated. Poaching is a very real problem, issues in the Amazon, etc. and among it's peoples are very real. Maybe this helps to bring attention to those issues while enjoying seeing a popular, loved company bring this doll to life (as they have done with other character/doll movies) . It's easy to misconstrue the actress as ''sassy/disrespectful" but we saw her as stated above and took the opportunity to discuss these issues between parents and children who viewed this. If you didn't watch the movie all the way through you missed some good stuff with the tribal people and the girl "Aki" and one really special moment about Lea's "Ama"/grandmother. No it's not perfect but it was an ADVENTURE and that we LIKED :) GREAT JOB, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Storm Reid-we LOVED your characters :) GREAT JOB everyone on this movie and thank you for a fun adventure and for sharing Brazil, the Amazon, etc. and it's people/culture with us :)

I know a lot of people will be shocked by my rating but honestly I dont agree with the other comments. Lea had bratty moments but she had an excuse her brother was missing. I personally think Saige and Isabelle were much bigger brats in their movies than Lea was (and this is coming from someone who did not like Lea or her collection from the second she was released). Lea and Zac's realtionship was really sweet and I found the characters likeable especially sweet Aqui. I liked the story it might not have been that realstic but it kept me wanting to know what will happen next. It is not the best GOTY movie (I think that spot still lies with Chrissa) but I did enjoy it more than Saige's and Isabelle's.