Review of Lassie (2005) by Davey M — 05 Dec 2011
Wow. One of the best American children's films ever. Uses the formula to offer a fairly wide-ranging (and still entirely family friendly) view of a time and place, giving voice to the voiceless populations of pre-WWI Britain: the poor and poverty-stricken, the soldiers, the women, the animals (of course), even a traveling dwarf puppeteer (Peter Dinklage)--and, most especially, children.
It's smart, sensitive stuff, beautifully woven into a remarkable script, executed with jaw-dropping production values and terrific performances (O'Toole in particular), completely earning the sentiment--by the end it packs quite a punch, integrating the birth of Christ (who, after all, came first to the shepherds and the animals) into what is already a deeply and compassionately democratic story.
Extraordinary stuff.
This review of Lassie (2005) was written by Davey M on 05 Dec 2011.
Lassie has generally received positive reviews.
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