Fresh
What makes "Lassie" work is the craftsmanship and thoughtfulness that director Petrie and his creative team bring to the task.
Steven Gaydos, Variety
Overview
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Director and cast
- Daniel Petrie Director
- Tom Guiry as Matthew Turner
- Helen Slater as Laura Turner
- Jon Tenney as Steve Turner
- Brittany Boyd as Jennifer Turner
- Frederic Forrest as Sam Garland
- Richard Farnsworth as Len Collins
- Michelle Williams as April Porter
- Joe Inscoe as Pete Jarman
- Yvonne Erickson as Mrs. Jarman
- Clayton Barclay Jones as Josh Garland
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Writer-director Charles Sturridge doesn't mess with the Lassie formula%u2014he provides plenty of dog-porn shots of the collie bounding through scenery in slow motion%u2014but the overqualified cast puts the film over the top.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
A stubbornly sweet, picturesque children's film ...
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
It's somehow reassuring, these days, to see a movie where there's no problem Lassie can't solve.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
For better or worse, "Lassie" is as safe and square as the TV show of yesteryear.
Kevin McManus, Washington Post
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