Lassie [Region 2] |  | Director: Daniel Petrie
Actors: Helen Slater, Tom Guiry, Jon Tenney, Brittany Boyd, Frederic Forrest
Category: DVD
Buy New: $34.22
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Rating:  25 reviews
Format: Pal
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Czech (Dubbed), Danish (Dubbed), Dutch (Dubbed), German (Dubbed), Hungarian (Dubbed), Swedish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437820235
ASIN: B00005UPO8
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 1994
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This 1994 update on the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for everyone. Director Daniel Petrie (The Bay Boy) aims only to revive the healthy spirit of previous Lassie films (and the television series) in a new milieu, and toward those modest ambitions--predictable plot and all--he succeeds. Guiry is unusually good in what many young actors would have taken to be just another blossoming-teen part. --Tom Keogh
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 FILL YOUR MOVIE COLLECTION WITH SOMETHING UPLIFTING...not the usual trash of today January 23, 2009
V. Kent (Nashville, TN USA)
I enjoy this movie just as much as I did when I was a six-year-old growing up and the movie first came out. Movies for the youth of the 90s have changed tremendously compared to what they are viewing today. The 90s were filled with movies about animals (ex: Lassie, Air Bud, Flipper, Free Willy, Andre, etc.), the best Disney cartoon movies EVER (ex: The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Fox & the Hound, Beauty and the Beast, etc.), and just down right whimsical movies that showed us exciting, yet down to earth settings (ex: Hocus Pocus, Harriet the Spy, and The Indian in the Cupboard.
****ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND IS CHILDREN ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE CHILDREN AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT CHILDREN SHOULD THINK ABOUT.*** Lassie is one of those movies that teach children to love their family, their pets, and even their city. Today, girls as young as 5, are talking about boyfriends, make up, nail polish, cell phones, laptops, ipods, highlights, and more! How sad is that?! Why? Because their TV programs and movies are showing them that that is what they are supposed to want in life...that's what's "normal." Plus, Mommy and Daddy's TV shows are all about "hooking up."
Please start your family movie collection with a classic, uplifting film about a boy who moves to a new city with a new dog who helped him find his place. He takes a stand, and fights for what is right. A lesson we all need to learn
 Beware: PG stands for profanity galore December 23, 2008
C. Simmons (Austin, TX)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Beautiful scenery and a decent family movie except that we're returning it to the seller because we can't imagine showing our kids a movie with "go to hell" and "faggot" spoken by child characters!! Also several fistfights, a scary wolf scene and lots of guns and death. Beware all you parents of sensitive, empathetic children like ours. Who rated this movie PG?!!
Lassie Choices November 30, 2007
Andrew Raker (PA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is somewhat dishonest to call this a 'Lassie' film. This film never excited in me the same feelings as many of the older Lassie films. However, there are some positive aspects to this film.
First, Lassie (1994) is considerably more contemporary than most 'Lassie' films yet has a collie as the hero. (This might interest children ages 8 through 13 who enjoy action and dogs.)
Second, the film has a theme I appreciate - a theme of reaching out to others when others treat you cruely or degradingly.
Third, the film kept my attention more than other Lassie films or films with canine stars.
[While I enjoyed Old Yeller and Air Bud (1998), many dog films such as The Shaggy Dog (both 1959 and 2006), Where the Red Fern Grows, Shiloh, Far From Home, etc. either were incredible unrealistic or failed to keep my attention for long.]
However, there is merit in the response, "This film is too violent and uses foul language." While this Lassie film is no Stand By Me or Jaws, it isn't Mr. Roger's Neighborhood either. Some words are included in this film that parents may not appreciate their five year olds hearing, and some scenes (while not very violent) have undertones that are more likely to 'scare' parents than children.
I do not desire to give away the plot to the reader. However, the film begins with Lassie's real owner being killed in a tractor-trailer accident on wet roads. Based on this description, it is possible for the reader to further realize this is not a "sugar-coated" motion picture.
Overall, I would recommend this film to parents who have allowed their children to view 101 Dalmatians (live action) and/or films such as To Kill a Mockingbird. However, for parents with young children, Lassie films such as Lassie Come Home (1943) and Lassie (2006) might be more children friendly.
good Lassie movie January 10, 2007
Amy E. Barker (Virginia)
I first saw this movie about ten years ago, when it came on TV one day. It's a nice update of the Lassie story - a story about a boy and his courageous dog, Lassie. Definitely recommended.
LASSIE 1994 January 9, 2007
Donald R. Staton (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS STORY TOOK PLACE IN MY CHILDHOOD HOME. IT WAS LIKE GOING HOME. I SAW IT ON TV CHRISTMAS MORNING AND RUSHED TO AMAZON TO FIND IT AND BUY IT. IT IS SO VERY ENJOYABLE TO VIEW SUCH STORIES.
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