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Lassie (2006) Rank 3 Reviews
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
This latest remake goes back to the spirit and letter of Eric Knight's 1940 novel. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Yes.
This is indeed pure, unadulterated schmaltz. It's supposed to be.
After all, Eric Knight's original 1938 children's novel was
schmaltzy, the first movie version, which introduced ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
The New York Times (Jeanette Catsoulis)
Lassie balances cruelty and tenderness, pathos and humor without ever losing sight of its youngest audience member. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at The New York Times (Jeanette Catsoulis)
Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
An exquisitely filmed drama about the collie with a huge heart and a quest that proves her love for her favorite human companion. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
New York Times (Jeannette Catsoulis)
Everything old is new again in the latest film about the beloved pooch with the I.Q. of a grad student and the instincts of a boomerang. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at New York Times (Jeannette Catsoulis)
Variety (Leslie Felperin)
Competent journeyman writer-helmer Charles Sturridge ("Brideshead Revisited") and his overqualified thesp ensemble steer a steady course between dogged fidelity to Eric Knight's sentimental original novel and modern auds' need for a little humorous bite ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Variety (Leslie Felperin)
Village Voice (Melissa Anderson)
Lassie puts its trust in kids to be grown up, and appeals honestly (minus the usual knowing winks) to grown-ups by returning them to a state of childlike wonderment. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Village Voice (Melissa Anderson)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Lassie is a thoroughly enjoyable family film of the sort that they really don't make anymore. However, be warned, if you take young children to see this you may find yourself getting a border collie for Christmas. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Slate (Dana Stevens)
Peter O'Toole is magisterial, blustering and sublime: His half-deaf duke still has a touch of Lawrence of Arabia's showstopping power. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
With a respectfully committed cast, gorgeous scenery and two sad-eyed leads that will break your heart (the kid and the dog are equally adorable), this is clearly not your typical family film. Which will make it that much more appealing to every member ...read the complete Lassie movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Angel Cohn)
The 1943 Lassie Come Home , starring then-child actors Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor as Joe and Cilla, is widely considered the gold standard to which all dog movies should aspire, but Sturridge's remake is a fine film in its own right. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Angel Cohn)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Lassie has a fine cast, lots of calendar-pretty shots of Lassie in different seasons and a dog-owned-by-many-different-people plot borrowed from David Copperfield . ...read the complete Lassie movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Seattle Times (Tom Keogh)
This remake of the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home is quite an accomplishment, bringing together a top-notch British director, a very nice cast , gorgeous Scottish scenery and all the renowned virtues of the world's most famous collie. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Seattle Times (Tom Keogh)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Lassie is family entertainment of a very high order, made all the better by [director] Sturridge's avoidance of CGI enhancement and the animatronics that have become commonplace in films about animals. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)
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. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Christianity Today (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Houston Chronicle (Louis B. Parks)
This new Lassie is no match for the original MGM production (Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.), but there are many compensations that make it fine family entertainment. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Houston Chronicle (Louis B. Parks)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
None of Lassie 's adventures is told with the least bit of subtlety, but seeing as how the movie is aimed at the peewee, dog-loving set, few members of the target audience are likely to complain. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
It's the loveliest and most moving children's film of the year so far. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
TV Guide (Angel Cohn)
The young actors are charming, O'Toole commands every scene he's in, the scenery is lush, and the animals are gorgeous. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at TV Guide (Angel Cohn)
Chicago Sun-Times (Bill Zwecker)
No question about it, Lassie is a very traditional film, but good storytelling, fine acting and beautiful photography add up to a solid family entertainment that never lets us forget who the real star is. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Bill Zwecker)
The Onion A.V. Club
Writer-director Charles Sturridge doesn't mess with the Lassie formula--he provides plenty of dog-porn shots of the collie bounding through scenery in slow motion--but the overqualified cast puts the film over the top. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
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Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
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. ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)
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Slant Magazine
Director Charles Sturridge performs a delicate operation with this latest Lassie movie, transplanting TV Land's most famous dog from the rolling plains of the American Midwest to WWII-era United Kingdom, the collie's original place of origin. Never has ...read the complete Lassie movie review at Slant Magazine
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