The Emerald Forest (1985)
"What kind of man would return year after year for ten years to rescue a missing boy from the most savage jungle in the world? His father."
ThumbScore
👍 74%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 84%
(RT: 84%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Charley Boorman as Tomme
Estee Chandler as Heather
Dira Paes as Kachiri
Eduardo Conde as Uwe Werner
Ariel Coelho as Padre Leduc
Peter Marinker as Perreira
Is The Emerald Forest good?
Most people think so. 74% audience score, estimated from 287 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 84%.
Overview
For ten years, engineer Bill Markham has searched tirelessly for his son Tommy who disappeared from the edge of the Brazilian rainforest. Miraculously, he finds the boy living among the reclusive Amazon tribe who adopted him. And that's when Bill's adventure truly begins. For his son is now a grown tribesman who moves skillfully through this beautiful-but-dangerous terrain, fearful only of those who would exploit it. And as Bill attempts to "rescue" him from the savagery of the untamed jungle, Tommy challenges Bill's idea of true civilization and his notions about who needs rescuing. Wikipedia ↗
