Lassie (2005)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 68
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 5
A beautifully-made retelling of the classic collie tale, one need not be a dog-lover to fall for Lassie.
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 0
A beautifully-made retelling of the classic collie tale, one need not be a dog-lover to fall for Lassie.
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Everyone's favorite collie returns to the screen -- and to her native home back in Britain -- in director Charles Sturridge's faithful adaptation of author Eric Knight's sentimental kid and canine novel Lassie Come Home. When Lassie saves a fox from the hunting hounds of the duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole), the captivated nobleman becomes obsessed with the idea of purchasing the collie for his adoring granddaughter Cilla (Hester Odgers). Unfortunately for Rudling, the pooch already has a loving
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Cast
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Peter O'Toole
The Duke of Rudling -
Samantha Morton
Sarah Carraclough -
John Lynch
Sam Carraclough -
Peter Dinklage
Rowlie -
Steve Pemberton
Eddie Hynes -
Jemma Redgrave
Daisy -
Edward Fox
Colonel Hulton -
John Standing
Colonel French -
Gregor Fisher
Mapes -
Brian Pettifer
O'Donnell -
Kelly Macdonald
Jeanie -
Jamie Lee
Tom -
Robert Hardy
Mr. Justice Murray -
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Buckles -
Jonathan Mason
Joe Carraclough -
Hester Odgers
Cilla -
Gerry O'Brien
Watson -
Eamonn Hunt
Alf Patterson -
Jim Roche
Miner -
Gabrielle Lloyd
Miss Branson -
Paul Meade
Policeman -
Susie Lamb
Martha -
Terence Orr
Butler -
Alec Heggie
Truck Driver -
Finlay Welsh
Scottish Policeman -
May Veale Smith
Mother -
Samatha McShane
Nell -
Ken Drury
Campbell -
Robert Carr
McBane -
Angela Thorne
Doctor Gull -
Christine Ozanne
Martron -
Dermot Ward
Court Usher -
Alan Stanford
Defence Barrister -
David Parnell
Sergeant of the Court -
Celyn Jones
Snickers -
Peter Halliday
Vicar -
Peter Wight
Doctor Jarrett the Vet -
Ian Mercer
Yorkshire Policeman
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All Critics (70) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (5) | DVD (3)
Dog and movie lovers, take note: Lassie has come home.
Top CriticIt's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era.
I think just one of the best family films of the year.
Lassie proves to be top dog in her latest feature film.
...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie.
It's such a relief to settle into a film that lets dogs be dogs, children be children, and old-fashioned movies be old-fashioned movies.
Schmaltzy return for classic cinema canine.
This story of a boy and his dog comes home to its roots in Yorkshire with a beautifully sensitive and traditional rendering. Using the original 1938 short story as its source, writer & director Charles Sturridge %u2013 best known for his superb work on Br
Writer/director Charles Sturridge adapts the heart-warming story with strict attention to its modest emotional underpinnings of family, devotion, and a beautiful collie.
An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism.
A sweetly old-fashioned, tail-wagging charmer of a family film.
Lassie déjà vu filmed in the magnificent British Isles with more than enough animal stampedes to enthrall an entire theatre of ten year olds, and their parents.
Knows that kids live in a grown-up world, that they are not isolated from such realities as unemployment or war, and can relate to the problems of adult characters as well as those of children and animals.
...an utterly beguiling success.
Terrific performances by those with fur and without.
If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry.
It plays your lacrimal glands like a violin, but honorably so.
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