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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:61
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Robert Carr
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer-director Charles Sturridge makes all the right moves in adapting the story, and treats it not just with the respect of a classic but the kind of intelligence, good taste and emotional sensitivity that kid movies rarely get.
With its spirited ensemble and literary pedigree, Lassie is worthy entertainment for a new generation of fans.
What's that girl? What are you saying? That Peter O'Toole is more authentically barking than any actual dog in the cast?
An exquisitely filmed drama about the collie with a huge heart and a quest that proves her love for her favorite human companion.
There’s not much to grumble about: most of the performances are nicely honed, the cinematography and editing’s excellent and, despite the swooning strings, it’s not too sentimental.
Everything old is new again in the latest film about the beloved pooch with the I.Q. of a grad student and the instincts of a boomerang.
Top CriticAn ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism.
...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie.
Top CriticWhile solidly made, it might be too cute and uncomplicated for 21st century audiences.
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.
Leave it to the Brits to take back something ... and reinvent it into something that's so much better than the traditions they're trying to revive.
...an utterly beguiling success.
Lassie wears thin. It's a little too long, and by the end the tugs on your heartstrings feel more like heartstring muggings.
A well-bred if docile creature.
Top CriticHere's what a classic family film should be -- intelligent without being smart-alecky, heart-warming without being smarmy and exciting without relying entirely on CGI.
Top CriticNever has Lassie's proletarian spunk felt so alive.
Yes, they're still making a few timeless, sentimental family films the way they used to - with no CGI.
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.
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.
It's a modest, low-budget effort that will require a tissue or two, especially for dog lovers.
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