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Movie Overview
Cast
• Lassie
• Samantha Morton
• Peter O'Toole
Director
• Charles Sturridge
MPAA Rating
PG - for some mild violent content and language.
Lassie (2006)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh
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B+
"Lassie is old-fashioned family entertainment, and I hope audiences aren't afraid to take a chance on a movie that might not be paced like a race car, but offers gentle adventure and alternative heroism instead."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

B
"Writer/director Charles Sturridge adapts the heart-warming story with strict attention to its modest emotional underpinnings of family, devotion, and a beautiful collie."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

3/5
"It's too bad that dog whisperer Cesar Millan wasn't available to get the plot to heel."  eFilmCritic.com  Dan Lybarger

2.5/4
"Never has Lassie's proletarian spunk felt so alive."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"A nice, pleasant, quietly engaging but slow and determinedly old-school piece of family entertainment."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

4/5
"An exquisitely filmed drama about the collie with a huge heart and a quest that proves her love for her favorite human companion."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

4/10
"Click here to read review"  Kinoblog.com  Jaroslav Vishtaljuk

7/10
"An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

3/5
"While solidly made, it might be too cute and uncomplicated for 21st century audiences."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

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."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

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."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

7/10
"Yes, they're still making a few timeless, sentimental family films the way they used to - with no CGI."  Modamag.com  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 83% Fresh
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