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For 14-year old Walter, his great uncles’ farm in rural Texas is the last place on earth he wants to spend the summer. Dumped off by his mother, Mae, in the middle of nowhere with two crazy old men and the promise that she’ll come back for him, Walter doesn’t know what to believe in. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCaan are rumored to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and/or war criminals... See Full Description
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Comedy, Drama and Kids/Family |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 51 min. |
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| Release Date: |
September 19th, 2003 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG for thematic material, language and action violence. |
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$41,407,470 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
C+
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Defore
"Duvall makes an artful codger, but this Texas-shot movie is just too sentimental." more...
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C |
Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"...slow and ultimately distressing..." more...
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C |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Secondhand Lions is about the uncles every boy should have, and the summer every boy should spend." more...
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B |
Chicago Tribune, Allison Benedikt
"...terribly ineffective family drama..." more...
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D+ |
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| User Reviews |
Average Grade: B
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A- |
| I LOVED IT!
by Galen79
(9/20/2003) |
| 148 out of 155 people found this review helpful |
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| What a wonderful and heart-felt story. This broadly-appealing coming-of-age tale...Full Review |
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A |
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A |
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C+ |
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