Two unhappy Florida kids break free from their figurative cages via their relationship with a wild tiger in ... befriends bullied Rob once he’s sent home from school for a leg ailment that ...

Based on the popular 2001 children’s book by Newbery Medal-winning author Kate DiCamillo, The Tiger Rising is a fablelike ... outsider status at school: Rob (Convery), a quiet and polite ...

A lonely boy finds an ally when he discovers a caged tiger in a forest behind his home, but imagination is somehow short-lived in this children’s movie. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket ...

Like the wooden figures its main character so earnestly whittles, the family adventure-drama “The Tiger Rising” could have ... The story finds 10-year-old Rob Horton Jr. (Christian Convery ...

“The Tiger Rising,” which is repped by Highland Film Group and based on Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times bestselling children’s book, centers on 10-year-old Rob (Christian Convery), who has ...

the boy hates school; and his father's boss, Beauchamp, is keeping a caged wild tiger at Beauchamp's abandoned gas station. The author characterizes Rob by what he does not do (""Rob had a way of ...

“The Tiger Rising” spells out its entire plot and ... and who befriends bullied Rob once he’s sent home from school for a leg ailment that the film works hard to avoid visually depicting. More from ...