Secondhand Lions

Starring: Caine, Michael, Duvall, Robert, Osment, Haley Joel

Product Description

Secondhand Lions (BD) (NL)This comedic and touching family film follows the adventures of a shy young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who is sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncles (Michael Caine,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 794043690426
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Studio Distribution Servi
• Director: McCanlies, Tim
• Starring: Caine, Michael, Duvall, Robert, Osment, Haley Joel
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

They lived.

Walter (Haley Joe Osment), an introverted kid, gets to stay with his two eccentric great-uncles, Garth (Michael Caine) and Hub (Robert Duvall). While there He is told of their robust adventures and how they came to be there and rich. However, everyone else tells a different story. He comes to understand them and some of life through several events. One of those events is befriending an over-the-hill lion, which just may represent a couple of uncles. It is not so much the bonding formula of the story as the way the tale of exotic places and heroic acts is intertwined with everyday life. I think of stories my parents and grandparents told of such things as encounters with Poncho Via in Mexico, where they sold him horses and were invited to leave. It is not so much the stories as the goodness of man that was being portrayed, moving back and forth in time, with a few adjustments to history, that made you feel that they were your great-uncles who could believe such tales. And yet... If you find that this movie moved you, then it is time to try two others that are similar. "Dust" (2001) with Joseph Fiennes and David Wenham. "Little Buddha" (1993) with Keanu Reeves.