Simply Perfect

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Horrible and unwatchable. Every stereotypical Hollywood misconception about Texas, or rural people, or the 19060's is compressed into the first 5 minutes of the film, along with Michael Caine's totally unconvincing accent. Even the cars are wrong, with a late model Cadillac in the opening scene looking like it was on its last legs and cars ten years older looking brand new. Insulting.

The story is amazing and played out on screen by some of the best, THE best, and this has one of the best and funniest fight scenes in movie history!Great for family and gotta love the end!!!

Secondhand Lions (2003): Dir: Tim McCanlies / Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt: Enchanting comedy about storytelling. Title refers to an old transported lion as well as the two uncles and their brave tales. Haley Joel Osment is sent to stay with his uncles for the summer. They tell of adventures involving theft, war, Princesses, gold, and the ever present glow of romance. It is difficult to tell whether the stories are true but director Tim McCanlies details the film with ideas that provide great visual elements that enhance the imagination much as it does Osment. Robert Duvall and Michael Caine are hilarious and genuine as the uncles. Caine tells Osment of Duvall's lost romance and the reason behind his sleepwalking. It is obvious that by the end of the film the two uncles will fully adapt to having this kid around but the leads add a great deal of fun to it all. Osment is superb sporting curiosity as to what is fact and fiction but will ultimately have to deal with other issues in his life. Kyra Sedgwick plays his mother in what is the most unsympathetic role in the film. This is the film's biggest flaw in the mother's willingness to do what she does so willingly. Nicky Katt is featured to abuse Osment and suffer at the hands of the veterans. Heart warming film of love and friendship that should never be secondhand. Score: 7 ½ / 10

And this movie is full of them. Put two of the world's most lovable old men together, who just happen to be two of the world's greatest actors, with an impressionable young boy and you can bet there will be some great stories told.Deciding where the real stories end and the tall tales start has always been difficult for a boy. And it still is for me.This movie made me forget I am an old man. I became young again, for a summer. There was adventure, guns, airplanes, and treasure. What more could a boy want? I can't believe Second Hand Lions was nominated for only 5 awards.