Secondhand Lions

Pros: Cast and plot. Return of the King trailer
Cons: Something disturbing happens at one point

I first saw a preview for Secondhand Lions a few months ago when I went to see a movie. I thought it looked like it would be good and I decided that I wanted to see it. I was finally able to go see it. I did enjoy the movie. I was also ...

Pros: Just excellent on every level
Cons: Not one damn thing

I try to catch movies while they're in the theater as much as possible, but once in awhile a great one slips by me. Luckily I did finally catch this one on DVD. Man I wish I had seen it on the big screen. This is one of those stories where ...

Pros: the acting to a point, the two Uncles (Caine and Duvall)
Cons: the writing, no real drama, story dragged at parts, under-developed storylines

Secondhand Lions had all the intent of being a "coming of age" story for a young boy named Walter. Walter has been dragged around by his mother, often ending up leaving him someplace while she goes off to search for a man. He has grown tired of ...

Pros: Caine, Duvall, and Osment shine
Cons: The story doesn't shine quite as much

"What do you want us to die of? Old age?" That comment comes from one of the elderly uncles in "Secondhand Lions," a story about two seventy-something brothers who suddenly find themselves taking care of their teenage nephew in 1960s Texas. Hub (Robert ...

Pros: Tremendous acting, great script and heartwarming story
Cons: None

I can't believe that I'm the first person to review this movie. My wife and I saw it at a Sneak Preview Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. The theater was packed as befits a movie with such a strong cast. The film starts off with young Walter, a quiet teenag ...

Pros: sweet story, great performance by three leads, cartoon credits
Cons: Sedgewick's annoying performance

There was a beautiful moment during the Academy Awards in 2000 when Michael Caine, during his acceptance speech for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, gave a nod to young Haley Joel Osment, nominated for The Sixth Sense, praising him for his ...

Pros: Nice atmosphere, good backstory, the three guys build a nice bond.
Cons: Someone hits the kid (not the uncles), parts of the trailer got cut.

With Haley Joel Osment's awkward transition into puberty, his latest feature Secondhand Lions had the potential to make or break his career. In my eyes, it really didn't do either of the two - it just kind of "was". Even those who live vicariousl ...

Pros: Artisic enough to be interesting. Offbeat humor. Great casting.
Cons: I wouldn't change anything.

I absolutely adored Secondhand Lions. I laughed. I teared up just a bit (though not much). And, the movie was creative and campy enough to be interesting but not annoying. By the time the film was over, I felt like I had been royally entertained. ...

Pros: Robert Duvall does a superb job, lots of feeling, funny
Cons: acting by supporting characters was weak

Spending lots of time with your parents when you’re a teenager is almost an impossibility. Why, with your social life, sports, and high school, it’s a rare occasion just to sit down at the table with your parents for dinner. It’s either  ...

Pros: Everything, but especially the acting, the bar scene, and The Speech
Cons: Nothing

Robert Duvall and Michael Caine play brothers, Hubb and Garth McCann, who are semi-reclusive curmudgeons and who are, rumor has it, quite wealthy. Make that extremely wealthy. But, there are many tales adrift about how they became wealthy, and some are ...

Pros: Touching story with superb acting.
Cons: Bring your tissues.

This is a warm and wonderful story about two aging men (Caine and Duvall) in Texas, who have their great-nephew (Haley Joel Osment) unceremoniously dumped on them one summer by his self-centered, man-hungry mother (Kyra Sedgwick). Walter witnessed th ...

Pros: An unconventional story about VALUES---
Cons: It will disappoint f-word fans---there are NONE!

Haley Joel Osment is Walter. Michael Caine is Garth, and Robert Duvall is his brother, Hub, Walter's two eccentric great-uncles. Kyra Sedgewick is Walter's Mom, Mae, whose life is a disaster. Behind the opening credits we see a small, red, two-seater ...

Pros: An all star cast in a virtuoso performance. This is a family classic.
Cons: None.

Secondhand Lions Directed and written by Tim McCanlies. Walter (Haley Joel Osment) is a teen aged boy with a widowed mother who needs to dump him for the summer so she can attend a school of court reporting (go man hunting.) Mae (Kyra ...

Pros: This is a good movie. And I mean that in the moral sense.
Cons: A tad slow for the littlest of little ones.

Audience members of a recent preview screening for Secondhand Lions couldn’t stop singing i ...

Pros: Fantastic movie with something for everyone.
Cons: All movies aren't this good.

Before I get any farther, Second Hand Lions is one of the best movies I've seen in years. It has everything anyone could want - comedy, drama, swashbuckling, pathos, and more. (OK, so no sex or blood and guts - that may put some folks off!) Here's a ...