Review of Born Free (1966) by Michael W — 13 Nov 2014

A sweet, sad, and heart-warming film involving one of the most unique of not most unique human-animal relationship ever. McKenna and Travers give the best performances of their careers with a lot of effort going into their roles.

But, ultimately the one thing that we all want to see when watching this is of course, Elsa the lioness. Her incredible true journey of being captive, then having to be released in the wild makes a very simple but interesting premise.

There are a few scenes in the film that I felt were a little unnecessary, but it wasn't enough to prevent me from absolutely loving this film. I will admit that I cried once in this film, so yes, it is a tear jerker.

But I recommend it to everyone. Even kids.