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Where the Red Fern Grows II (25%)

Plot: In a quirk of film history, this new version of the 1972 classic is directed by Kevin Hooks--who played the central role of the sharecropper's son in the original. That's a nice full circle, although ...( read more read more... )it leaves unanswered a basic question: why bother remaking a movie that got it right the first time? The story is simplicity: a black family in the Depression suffers when the father is arrested for stealing a ham. The punishment? Five years, hard labor. Sounder has an under-rehearsed, rushed quality common to low-budget TV pictures, although Carl Lumbly brings a powerful presence to the role of the father. (That's Paul Winfield, the star of the original, as the teacher who befriends the son.) The shortcomings may not matter much to the young audiences Disney targets, as they'll probably be too busy rooting for the return of the dog that gives the movie its name. --Robert Horton

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  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 9, 2008
    Beautiful family, Cicily Tyson, trying to survive in the rascist south around 1900 or so. Excellent














    Moving, excellent.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 11, 2008
    I read a recommendation of the original and thought that's what I was renting when I got this version, filmed in Ontario only a few years ago. I don't know how it stacks up against the original but this movie is decidedly Mediocre.
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    MCT:
    September 22, 2006
    I have forgotten if I saw the movie or not, but I have read the book and it was one of the best books I had read.

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  • Rated: (PG)
  • Directed by: Kevin Hooks
  • Genres: Drama, Kids & Family
  • Released: January 1, 2003
  • DVD Released: June 24, 2003

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