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
Lassie (2006)
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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.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some mild violent content and language
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Robert Carr
Starring: Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Robert Carr, Peter Dinklage, Edward Fox, Kelly MacDonald, Jonathon Mason, John Lynch, Hester Odgers, Jemma Redgrave, Steve Pemberton
Director: Charles Sturridge
Director: Charles Sturridge
Producer: Francesca Barra
Composer: Adrian Johnston
Studio: Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films
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Reviews for Lassie
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.
It's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era.
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.
...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie.
If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry.
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.
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.
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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