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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : All of this sounds, I suppose, like a daffy retread of ``Free Willy'' or one of those other movies in which small children befriend noble animals. But ''Fly Away Home'' is not quite that simple. The movie was directed by Carroll Ballard, who in ''The Black Stallion'' (1979) and ''Never Cry Wolf'' (1983) made two visionary films about man and nature. more...
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3.5/
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www.epinions.com - : The real strength of Fly Away Home isn't its environmentalist themes, or its heart-tugging drama of a family coming together. Its outstanding cinematography earned Caleb Deschanel an Academy Award nomination, and Mark Isham's classical score is also exceptional. Then there are the real stars of the film, the sixteen adorable Canadian geese, whom we see raised from hatchlings to fully-grown birds. more...
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68/1
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www.apolloguide.com - : Inspired by the true-life efforts of a Canadian inventor to teach geese how to fly south, the story here is fascinating. But it’s the acting of Paquin and Daniels that really push Fly Away Home into the stratosphere. more...
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81/1
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