Metacritic Movie Ratings
Lassie Reviews

5.0

out of 100

Metascore^®
Universal acclaim
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

91

out of 100

Entertainment Weekly
About as good as a Lassie movie can be.

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90

out of 100

The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
A heartwarming and moving adventure that does excellent justice to the classic character.

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88

out of 100

Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The new Lassie is faithful to Knight's story, capturing its sweep, Dickensian social contrasts and high emotion. All that is enhanced by a splendid cast.

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80

out of 100

Village Voice
Lassie puts its trust in kids to be grown up, and appeals honestly (minus the usual knowing winks) to grown-ups by returning them to a state of childlike wonderment.

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80

out of 100

The New York Times
Lassie balances cruelty and tenderness, pathos and humor without ever losing sight of its youngest audience member.

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80

out of 100

Variety
Competent journeyman writer-helmer Charles Sturridge ("Brideshead Revisited") and his overqualified thesp ensemble steer a steady course between dogged fidelity to Eric Knight's sentimental original novel and modern auds' need for a little humorous bite with the barking.

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80

out of 100

Wall Street Journal
Mason and Odgers are charming young performers with cheeks that shade of pink generally found only in picture books or among English school children. That color goes perfectly here. There is an unabashed old-fashioned quality to the story-telling, not quaint, not fusty, but very much of another era -- and what a relief that is.

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