Lassie (2005)

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(68 reviews)
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Everyone's favorite collie returns to the screen -- and to her native home back in Britain -- in director Charles Sturridge's faithful adaptation of author Eric Knight's sentimental kid and canine novel Lassie Come Home. When Lassie saves a fox from the hunting hounds of the duke of… More Everyone's favorite collie returns to the screen -- and to her native home back in Britain -- in director Charles Sturridge's faithful adaptation of author Eric Knight's sentimental kid and canine novel Lassie Come Home. When Lassie saves a fox from the hunting hounds of the duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole), the captivated nobleman becomes obsessed with the idea of purchasing the collie for his adoring granddaughter Cilla (Hester Odgers). Unfortunately for Rudling, the pooch already has a loving family in the form of kindly miner Sam Carraclough (John Lynch), his wife, Sarah (Samantha Morton), and their young son, Joe (Jonathan Mason). When Sam is laid off from his job, however, he is forced to sell the loyal dog to the duke in order to put food on the family table. Incensed at the dog's repeated attempts to escape and seek out her original loving family, the villainous duke charges kennel-keeper Eddie Hynes (Steve Pemberton) with the task of teaching Lassie how to stay as World War II looms ever more heavy on the horizon. When the dogs of war finally stop barking and start biting, Rudling beats a hasty retreat to the safety of northern Scotland with both the child and the canine. Realizing that her newfound companion is far from the people she cares about most, Cilla later helps her ever-loyal four-legged friend escape from the family's heavily fortified compound so that she may begin the 500-mile journey back home to Yorkshire. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Directed By: Charles Sturridge
Genres: Action & Adventure, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2006 Wide
Studio: Roadside/Samuel Goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Dog and movie lovers, take note: Lassie has come home.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
It's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I think just one of the best family films of the year.
Kathy Cano Murillo, Arizona Republic
Lassie proves to be top dog in her latest feature film.
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie.
Dana Stevens, Slate
It's such a relief to settle into a film that lets dogs be dogs, children be children, and old-fashioned movies be old-fashioned movies.
Jane Boursaw, Common Sense Media
Schmaltzy return for classic cinema canine.
Simon Weaving, Screenwize
This story of a boy and his dog comes home to its roots in Yorkshire with a beautifully sensitive and traditional rendering. Using the original 1938 short story as its source, writer & director Charles Sturridge %u2013 best known for his superb work on Br
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Writer/director Charles Sturridge adapts the heart-warming story with strict attention to its modest emotional underpinnings of family, devotion, and a beautiful collie.
Jeffrey Chen, Window to the Movies
An ode to the beleaguered people who face hardships, physical and emotional, with hopeful optimism.
Timothy Knight, Reel.com
A sweetly old-fashioned, tail-wagging charmer of a family film.
Ron Wilkinson, Monsters and Critics
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.
Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
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.
Daniel Eagan, Film Journal International
...an utterly beguiling success.
Rebecca Murray, About.com
Terrific performances by those with fur and without.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry.
Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat
It plays your lacrimal glands like a violin, but honorably so.

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It's well constructed and all but very much lacking the emotional depth I was expecting and hoping for. This was an unnecessary remake to begin with so it doesn't really have any real reason to exist. It also doesn't add anything new to the mix that the original already… More
It's well constructed and all but very much lacking the emotional depth I was expecting and hoping for. This was an unnecessary remake to begin with so it doesn't really have any real reason to exist. It also doesn't add anything new to the mix that the original already did and isn't as engaging or ambitous. There are a lot of good moments in the film and it's certainly not a bad one but it's not that amazing either. But hey dog lovers are going to love it and fans of the original will. But only because it's the same movie.
Dean M

I love the cute Collie dog and it looks familiar to the original one of adventure Lassie movie. (Disappointed again that DVD has no English substitles.)
Walter M

[font=Century Gothic]"Lassie" takes place in 1939 in Yorkshire, England where following his noticing the collie Lassie during a very wild fox hunt, a duke(Peter O'Toole) offers to buy the dog from a miner, Sam Carraclough(John Lynch), and his wife, Sarah(Samantha… More
[font=Century Gothic]"Lassie" takes place in 1939 in Yorkshire, England where following his noticing the collie Lassie during a very wild fox hunt, a duke(Peter O'Toole) offers to buy the dog from a miner, Sam Carraclough(John Lynch), and his wife, Sarah(Samantha Morton), but the dog is not for sale because of her strong attachment to their son, Joe(Jonathan Mason). But that changes after the mine closes and the family badly needs the money. Lassie has other ideas, making three escape attempts from the duke before being returned each time. Now, she is set to accompany the duke and his granddaughter, Cilla(Hester Odgers), several hundred miles to Scotland...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Lassie" is an old fashioned and entertaining movie with a very good cast, the juvenile actors being especially impressive. Cameos from two of Scotland's national treasures and shots of the beautiful countryside do not hurt, either.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]At the beginning of the film, there is a sense of class consciousness.(You cannot buy the love of a dog or anyone else for that matter which is a maxim the duke ignores.) Then, it gives way to the necessity of kindness and generosity in times of war.[/font] [font=Century Gothic]And what is it with Peter Dinklage and dogs lately?[/font]
Dannielle A

It was a splendid two hours of my life! I got choked up at the sad part and choked up at the joyful part. It was such a well-crafted masterpiece. Probably the best Lassie film I've seen.
William G

Old-fashioned and bound to be appreciated more by adults than by kids.

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Cast

Peter O'Toole
as The Duke of Rudling
Samantha Morton
as Sarah Carraclough
John Lynch
as Sam Carraclough
Peter Dinklage
as Rowlie
Steve Pemberton
as Eddie Hynes
Jemma Redgrave
as Daisy
Edward Fox
as Colonel Hulton
John Standing
as Colonel French
Gregor Fisher
as Mapes
Brian Pettifer
as O'Donnell
Kelly Macdonald
as Jeanie
Jamie Lee
as Tom
Robert Hardy
as Mr. Justice Murray
Nicholas Lyndhurst
as Buckles
Jonathan Mason
as Joe Carraclough
Hester Odgers
as Cilla
Gerry O'Brien
as Watson
Eamonn Hunt
as Alf Patterson
Jim Roche
as Miner
Gabrielle Lloyd
as Miss Branson
Paul Meade
as Policeman
Susie Lamb
as Martha
Terence Orr
as Butler
Alec Heggie
as Truck Driver
Finlay Welsh
as Scottish Policeman
May Veale Smith
as Mother
Samatha McShane
as Nell
Ken Drury
as Campbell
Robert Carr
as McBane
Angela Thorne
as Doctor Gull
Christine Ozanne
as Martron
Dermot Ward
as Court Usher
Alan Stanford
as Defence Barrister
David Parnell
as Sergeant of the Court
Celyn Jones
as Snickers
Peter Halliday
as Vicar
Peter Wight
as Doctor Jarrett the Vet
Ian Mercer
as Yorkshire Policeman

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Lassie (2005)

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