The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 74% of the 432 1990s family movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
224 audience votes
Key crew
- Daniel PetrieDirector
- Matthew JacobsWriter
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Gary RossWriter
- Elizabeth AndersonWriter
Cast
- Tom GuiryMatthew Turner
- Helen SlaterLaura Turner
- Jon TenneySteve Turner
- Brittany BoydJennifer Turner
- Frederic ForrestSam Garland
- Richard FarnsworthLen Collins
- Michelle WilliamsApril Porter
- Joe InscoePete Jarman
- Yvonne EricksonMrs. Jarman
- Clayton Barclay JonesJosh Garland
- Charlie HofheimerJim Garland
- Jody Smith StricklerMildred Garland
Stills
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Themes
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