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Lassie (2006)

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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.
 

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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... 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 budget and is quite successful at evoking the era. Joe (Jonathan Mason) is the only son of a poor miner, Sam (John Lynch), and his steadfast wife, Sarah (Samantha Morton, MORVERN CALLAR). Joe's story is paralleled by that of Priscilla (Hester Odgers), the poker-faced granddaughter of the ostentatiously wealthy duke (a grand Peter O'Toole). Priscilla takes a liking to Lassie when she spots the dog in the street. The duke tries to buy Lassie from her family, and when the mine is shut down, Sam has no choice but to accept his offer. Lassie's allegiance, however, is not so easily transferred, and she constantly finds ways to escape the confines of her new home, even when she is taken to Scotland. Undertaking the long journey back to Joe, Lassie makes friends--and a few enemies--along the way, including a charming Peter Dinklage as Rowlie the roving puppeteer. The photography of the English and Scottish countryside is truly breathtaking, and Lassie is eternally endearing as the symbol of freedom, loyalty, and friendship--virtues that are valued and epitomized in the film by young and old, rich and poor. This is a film in which you can always tell the bad guys because they don't like dogs. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Peter Dinklage, Robert Carr

Director: Charles Sturridge
Producer: Francesca Barra
Composer: Adrian Johnston

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Nov 14, 2006

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Philip French
Observer [UK]
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7/10

An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism.

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12/30/06
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies
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3.5/4

Dog and movie lovers, take note: Lassie has come home.

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12/26/06
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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It's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era.

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12/26/06
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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3/4

A sweetly old-fashioned, tail-wagging charmer of a family film.

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09/23/06
Timothy Knight
Reel.com
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7/10

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.

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09/15/06
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics
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A-

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.

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09/08/06
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide
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...an utterly beguiling success.

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09/07/06
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International
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I think just one of the best family films of the year.

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09/05/06
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Terrific performances by those with fur and without.

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09/02/06
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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3/5

Lassie proves to be top dog in her latest feature film.

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09/02/06
Kathy Cano Murillo
Arizona Republic
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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.

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09/02/06
Nancy Churnin
Dallas Morning News
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If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry.

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09/02/06
Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club
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It plays your lacrimal glands like a violin, but honorably so.

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09/01/06
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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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.

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09/01/06
Dana Stevens
Slate
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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.

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09/01/06
Joanne Kaufman
Wall Street Journal
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3.5/4

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.

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09/01/06
Jeffrey Overstreet
Christianity Today
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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.

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09/01/06
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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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.

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09/01/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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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.

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09/01/06
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
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