Fly Away Home
Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
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1996
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Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
13 Sep 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$22,000,000
Revenue:
$25,143,818
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Anna Paquin proves again what an expressive, soulful actress she is, and Daniels' madcap dad is a winning study in hippy ingenuity and indefatigability.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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The tender beauty of Carroll Ballard's ''Fly Away Home'' goes well beyond what might be expected from a movie about things that hatch.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
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From bumbling infants to majestic adults, a flock hasn't been this charismatic onscreen since Hitchcock went bird-watching.
– Susan Wloszczyna,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
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It's a movie about dreamers that, for once, doesn't make you feel like a sap for buying into their dreams.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The dynamic between Daniels' vigorous, if self-involved, artist father and Paquin's initially sullen, eventually self-discovering teenager is warmly and believably conveyed, with both thesps doing strongly individualistic work.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
27 Nov 2008