Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon

2021 84 min ★ 7.0 Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

An epic journey of a young hero and her Spirit Guides, 'Dillo' a cute and humorous armadillo and "Vaca" a goofy oversized tapir, who embark on a quest to save their home in the spectacular Amazon Rainforest.

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Cast

Lola Raie

Ainbo (voice)

Alejandra Gollas

Chuni (voice)

Thom Hoffman

DeWitt (voice)

Bernardo de Paula

Huarinka (voice)

Dino Andrade

Dillo (voice)

Yeni Alvarez

Lizeni (voice)

Rene Mujica

Atok (voice)

Susana Ballesteros

Motelo Mama (voice)

Naomi Serrano

Zumi (voice)

Gerardo Prat

Conibo (voice)

Details

Director

José Zelada

Screenplay

Richard Claus

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$10,237,061

Production

Tunche Films

Reviews

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Alunauwie

September 26, 2025

★ 6/10

The animation and color composition in the film are visually appealing and smooth, enhancing the sense of realism. However, despite an interesting story idea, the execution falls flat, with weak character development, shallow adventure, and lackluster voice acting that fails to evoke emotion. Inconsistencies in scenes and underwhelming sound design make it hard to fully engage, though the film rem...

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RealZero

May 3, 2026

★ 5/10

Ainbo is a visually really nice movie with lovely depictions of nature and really nice animations. Sadly, writing and pacing are, how to say? "All over the place?" I have to agree with other reviews that say it's a mix of several Disney movies without hitting the spirit of any of them. The main story feels like a mix of Moana and Pocahontas: A young girl needs to safe her village from a dar...