Saturday, August 2, 2008

Secondhand Lions

This movie was one of the best family-oriented movies I've seen in a long time. Although my cup of tea is more in the action genre, this one I would let the kids see. It's really funny, and tracks well with the feelings of a boy dropped into a completely new environment. At first you get the impression that the end is going to be really sad, but it turns out to actually make you laugh even though it's sorta sad at the same time. I was laughing out loud in plenty of places in this movie, and although there are probably a total of 10 explicit words used in the film, I thought it was ok, especially since we have a language filter on our dvd player. My whole family watched this movie at least twice, if not more in the one time I had it rented, and they all loved it. I almost guarantee you will laugh! Not bad for having practically no action.. not bad at all. One of my personal favorites in the humor section :) 8 stars!