Totally uncorrupting.
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
Runtime: 84 mins
Synopsis: Chance, a playful, sometimes troublesome American bulldog, has recently been adopted by a happy family where he makes friends with the family's chummy pets. Together, Sassy the Himalayan cat, Shadow the retriever and Chance live contentedly. But one day the domesticated trio find... Chance, a playful, sometimes troublesome American bulldog, has recently been adopted by a happy family where he makes friends with the family's chummy pets. Together, Sassy the Himalayan cat, Shadow the retriever and Chance live contentedly. But one day the domesticated trio find themselves home alone when their young owners Peter, Hope and Jamie take a short out-of-town trip with Mom and her new hubby. Thinking they've been left behind, the animals make a harrowing journey across the Sierra Nevadas in hopes of being reunited with their long-gone family. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche, Robert Hays, Kim Griest
Reviews
A sprightly little entertainment that should enthrall tots without straining the patience of their parents.
This film is clever even with its human actors, dispensing with the first film's animal-loving hermits and playing up the importance of a cute, newly typical American family.
Even the most televisionally overstimulated will likely enjoy this boy-and-his-dog movie -- which also happens to be a girl-and-her-cat movie too.
It'll leap up at you, lick you in the face, then curl up in your lap and stay there, soft and warm and content.
As an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney, it would be fine, but as a major motion picture, it's disappointing.
Not a perfect film, but generally one that should please adults and children.
Matters are accomplished by director Duwayne Dunham with fairly professional skill.
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