Ignorant Movie Review:  Lassie

Response to title:  Are they showing this because it's the Holiday season and schools are out?  I'm willing to give O.F.S. the benefit of the doubt, here.  They've chosen excellent films in the past.  I hope they shatter my bias.

Response to curbside poster:  Given'em the benefit of the doubt.  But damn if this doesn't look like it stepped off of the sets of The Sound of Music.

Response post-credits:  There were a lot of kids in the audience and not once did I hear laughter, gasps or cheers.  They weren't alone; I wasn't close to favorable emotions either.  Peter O'Toole, who forever enfanned me with Lawrence of Arabia, was the lone bright spot for me, and it wasn't that bright of a spot.  I didn't like this movie.  It didn't appear as if the children around me liked this movie.  And I didn't appreciate the film makers trying to use every emotive tool at their disposal to force the audience to like this movie (sadness, hope, despair, physical comedy, etc.).  I feel like a real Scrooge railing about a Lassie movie, but there it is.

Rating:  .0025 out of 5 Oly Stubbies.

Film Haiku:  Raise pints for Lassie.
          "I know yah've trained her ta run"
                   as the railroad goes.

Can be seen:  Olympia Film Society
                         206 5th Ave N
                     Olympia, WA  98501

             Wednesday, December 20, 9pm
             Thursday, December 21, 6:30pm