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Secondhand Lions (2003)

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The Critics:
C+
13 reviews
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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
Genres: Comedy, Drama and Kids/Family
Running Time: 1 hr. 51 min.
Release Date: September 19th, 2003 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material, language and action violence.
U.S. Box Office: $41,407,470
Cast and Credits
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Kyra Sedgwick, Josh Lucas
Directed by: Tim McCanlies
Produced by: Karen Loop, Kevin Cooper, Janis Chaskin
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Critical Consensus
Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+   
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Defore
"Duvall makes an artful codger, but this Texas-shot movie is just too sentimental." more...
C
Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"...slow and ultimately distressing..." more...
C
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Secondhand Lions is about the uncles every boy should have, and the summer every boy should spend." more...
B
Chicago Tribune, Allison Benedikt
"...terribly ineffective family drama..." more...
D+
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User Reviews Average Grade:  B   
McCanlies: Story Genius, Directing Boob  by CHASE_PC (9/19/2003)
175 out of 183 people found this review helpful
Having written "the Iron Giant" we should hope, if not expect, his new tale to be...Full Review
  A-
I LOVED IT!  by Galen79 (9/20/2003)
148 out of 155 people found this review helpful
What a wonderful and heart-felt story. This broadly-appealing coming-of-age tale...Full Review
  A
Light entertainment at its best  by ncalif95965 (9/22/2003)
137 out of 143 people found this review helpful
Take the kids, take grandma and grandpa, take your friends. This lighthearted...Full Review
  A
A Timid Beast that Rarely Leaves the Den  by dajruss (9/19/2003)
31 out of 121 people found this review helpful
When you elicit the services of "Academy Award Winner Michael Caine, Academy...Full Review
  C+
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