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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 18 Sep 2003

It's less a children's movie made for contemporary children than a children's movie made for people who still remember, and pine for, how children's…

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By Jeffrey Westhoff (767) for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (767) on 18 Sep 2003

Osment doesn't have to worry about looks ending his career early. But more films like Secondhand Lions certainly could…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 18 Sep 2003

The film's attitude toward female characters is so relentlessly cruel and dismissive, that it's impossible to pay attention to all the supposedly…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 Sep 2003

A crowd-pleaser of the most old-fashioned sort, and who cares about calculation when it's served up with so abundant a desire to please and…

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By Carlo Cavagna (228) for AboutFilm.com (228) on 17 Sep 2003

Don't allow the ending to ruin the film. Ignore it…

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By Shirley Klass (48) for Fantastica Daily (363) on 17 Sep 2003

The fanciful flashbacks which are colorful and storybook-like add some magic to the mix…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 17 Sep 2003

A maudlin, disorganized family movie, throwing out so many platitudes and quasi-themes that I soon stopped trying to keep track and turned against it…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 17 Sep 2003

You begin to sit trembling in your seat, terrified of the next puppy shot. They will haunt your dreams and torment your soul…

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By Brian Webster (658) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 17 Sep 2003

Tries so hard to be quirky and loveable that it hurts to watch…

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By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 17 Sep 2003

The performances of Caine and Duvall are a double-barreled blast…

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By Bill Pearis (55) for Citysearch (305) on 17 Sep 2003

Maybe you should let the grandparents take the kids to this one…

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By Bill Muller (519) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 17 Sep 2003

A saccharine, inoffensive kids movie, which might seem more at home as a made-for-cable affair…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 17 Sep 2003

Secondhand Lions is an extraordinary coming-of-age movie that salutes the odd ways eccentric individuals can inspire us to become all we are…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 17 Sep 2003

It foregoes the sap and the lowbrow of a lesser movie in favor of engaging creativity and a message that, through some characters' tough choices,…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 17 Sep 2003

Pardon the cliche, but it really is that rare film that will appeal to all ages…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 17 Sep 2003

When a director has two actors as iconic and skillful as Robert Duvall and Michael Caine for his leads, all he has to do is point the camera…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Sep 2003

The movie, though predictable and formulaic, is not that simple, although it might have been better off had it been so basic…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 17 Sep 2003

Despite the considerable imagination that has gone into realizing period scenes on a modest budget, all the episodes (past and present) feel…

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By Allison Benedikt (153) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 17 Sep 2003

With such a bang-up cast, this setup could at least elicit some tears, but in its 107 minutes, nary a one welled up in my eyes…

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By Jon Popick (633) for Planet Sick-Boy (616) on 16 Sep 2003

A bit clumsy for a film that too often tries to jump from slapstick to drama to action thriller…

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