Description: Franklin the Turtle is on holiday and gets a suprise visit from Aunt Lucy, an explorer whose specialty is finding archaeological treasures. When Granny suddenly falls ill, Aunt Lucy helps Franklin and his friends find the box that may contain the cure. The search for the box leads the friends through thrilling exploits but Aunt Lucy's goddaughter Samantha, a sassy young Turtle, complicated things with her bossy behavior. So it;s up to Franklin - who uses all his diplomatic skills - to keep things peaceful and focused on finding the box - and what's inside...
Amazon.com: The importance of family can't be overstated, so when Franklin's archaeologist Aunt Lucy returns home after an extended absence, Franklin's entire family wants to celebrate. Aunt Lucy's goddaughter Samantha (Sam) has accompanied Aunt Lucy on her summer travels and, unfortunately, her superior attitude toward Franklin sparks an immediate rivalry. When Franklin, his friends Bear, Beaver, and Snail; Aunt Lucy, and Sam hatch a plan to go searching for buried treasure, they head to Franklin's Granny to hear the story of how she buried a tin box time capsule at nearby Turtle Lake many years ago. When Granny is suddenly taken ill, it looks like the treasure hunt will be cancelled, but Granny's sleepy whisperings about finding the time capsule give the treasure hunt a whole new sense of urgency. The gang sets out to retrieve the treasure, sure that the time capsule contains an old talisman that will magically cure Granny. In the end, the treasure hunt teaches the group a lot about the power of working together and the true value of family and friendship. (Ages 2 to 6) --Tami Horiuchi
Franklin movie My son saw this on TV and began to demand to see it again. I had to buy the movie and he really enjoys it. It is a fun story about team work and friends and family helping each other. There is a sad part about a fire involving Franklin's family. This was very hard for my 4 year old to watch and I usually skip it. I would caution to be aware of the fire part as I had to sort of reinvent what happened so that he would not be so worried about fires. It does offer a good opening to discuss fire safety...
Worst Franklin Ever I agree with all of the other reviewers who took issue with the "mature" themes of this Franklin that is intended for preschoolers.
So Happy! My 5 year old son just loves Franklin. He really loved this movie. Since this is a movie, the format is slightly different than the series, but he still loved it. Great movie and my son is so happy!
Not for young children What the heck?! Franklin's Grandma, in a childhood flashback, watches as the house containing her sleeping parents is burned to the ground! What were the writers thinking? My children were mortified.
Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure I thought that this DVD was very well done. The animation is different from the typical Franklin story, even his other full-length stories. The characters are "more animated", for lack of a better description. For example, instead of the usual stone-faced Bear character, he makes funny faces. The music is also different-not annoying like the other full-length stories. Franklin and Harriet are not whiney, spoiled, and annoying like they usually are. The problem lies in the story itself. Granny is dying of some unknow ailment and it seems that Franklin must find this magic talisman to save her life. That's quite a bit of pressure on a child, I would say. My daughter did not like that at all. We also get to hear Granny's story of hiding this talisman in a time capsule when she was a child, which is fine until you see the forest around her small pup tent erupt in flames, and watch as it creeps closer to her family's cabin where her parents are sleeping. She escapes to a row boat on the lake and watches and waits till the fire is gone. Then she sums up the story by saying that "she lost everything in that fire", and then went to live with some other family member. It's a pretty gruesome way to make the time capsule a challenge to find for Franklin! I wonder what the authors were thinking when they wrote this story line. I thought that killing off parents was just a favorite Walt Disney device. My daughter does not want to watch this again, it upset her so much. And even though it is a very well-done cartoon, I can't say that Franklin is one of my favorites, so it's not likely that anybody else will be watching it again either.
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