''Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet'' () is a 2022 Spanish animated

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film directed by Enrique Gato and written by Josep Gatell and

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. It is a follow-up to ''

Tad, the Lost Explorer ''Tad, the Lost Explorer'' (Spanish: ''Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones'', ) is a 2012 Spanish animated adventure comedy film directed by Enrique Gato. The film is a spinoff of Gato's 2004 short film, '' Tadeo Jones'' and its sequel '' Tadeo Jones an ...

'' and '' Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas''.

Plot

Clumsy archaeologist Tadeo ('Tad') breaks a sarcophagus and sets on a spell endangering his friends, and so they embark on an adventure that takes them to places such as

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, and

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Voice cast

Spanish track

English

* Trevor White as Tad Stones * Alex Kelly as Sara *

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as Mummy

Production

The film is a

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, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Anangu Grup and La Tadeopelícula AIE production, and it had the participation of

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, and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group. It was written by Josep Gatell and

. Produced by Dabruk, the film's main theme ("Si tú me llamas") was performed by

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and Belinda. The film had a reported budget of

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11 million.

Release

Distributed worldwide by

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, the film opened in French theatres on 24 August 2022. It was then theatrically released in Spain on 26 August 2022. It became the highest-grossing film of the weekend at the Spanish box office, also having, up to that point in the year, both the 2nd-largest opening weekend for any animated film (after '' Minions: The Rise of Gru'') and the 2nd-largest opening weekend for any Spanish film (after '' Father There Is Only One 3''). It opened in the UK and Ireland on 9 September 2022 and it opened in the US and Canada on 4 November 2022 under the title ''Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy'', also distributed by Paramount.

Reception

Rubén Romero Santos of ''

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'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars writing that "the planning of the constant action scenes is remarkable, a technical prodigy that places Spanish animation at the forefront". Beatriz Martínez of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, assessing that it manages to reach "a greater degree of virtuosity"

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with its plot being "better articulated, its structure is more agile, it is more adventurous, funnier and has better ideas". María Bescós of ''

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'' rated the film 60 out of 100 points ("acceptable"), deeming it to be an improvement from the previous installments of the saga, while still citing the "predictable" plot, the "simplistic" humor, and some additional work to do with the animation as negative points.

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of ''

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'' found the film to be "the most refined ut of the three installments, with the portrayal of Tadeo being the most surprising element, otherwise highlighting the "outstanding dubbing work throughout the three films eliveredby Óscar Barberán, eaturinga beautiful voice full of nuances in tone". Mike McCahill of ''

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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars underscoring how " tis never more than inessential screen filler, but agreeably jolly with it – partly as it does have some idea of how to fill a screen".

Accolades

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References

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