Lassie (2006)
92 %
Reviews Counted: 64 Fresh: 59 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Consensus:
A beautifully-made retelling of the classic border collie tale, one need not be a dog-lover to fall for Lassie.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 1, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $548,277
Synopsis: Eric Wright's classic novel about a boy and his dog is resurrected in this charming adaptation from Charles Sturridge (BRIDESHEAD REVISITED), which is a far cry from the Americanized TV show of the 1950s. Unfolding in Yorkshire, England, just before WWII, the film makes the most of its low... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Dinklage, Robert Carr
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01/20/07
An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism.
12/30/06
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It's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era.
12/26/06
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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.
09/15/06
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.
09/08/06
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...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie.
09/02/06
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If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry.
09/02/06
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.
09/01/06
There is an unabashed old-fashioned quality to the story-telling, not quaint, not fusty, but very much of another era -- and what a relief that is.
09/01/06
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It's a rare work of substance, simplicity, and grace that deserves to be mentioned among the best features crafted for younger viewers in the last twenty years.
09/01/06
The 1943 Lassie Come Home, starring then-child actors Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor as Joe and Cilla, is widely considered the gold standard to which all dog movies should aspire, but Sturridge's remake is a fine film in its own right.
09/01/06
Lassie has a fine cast, lots of calendar-pretty shots of Lassie in different seasons and a dog-owned-by-many-different-people plot borrowed from David Copperfield.
09/01/06
This remake of the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home is quite an accomplishment, bringing together a top-notch British director, a very nice cast , gorgeous Scottish scenery and all the renowned virtues of the world's most famous collie.
09/01/06
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