I never heard of it. I don't remember a theatrical run, didn't see any advertising. In fact, my parents were looking for it, so I decided to take a look. There it was in the New Releases section of the rental place, so I grabbed it.
Looking at the cover, you'd expect this to be yet another Disney-type story about some idealistic weirdos raising lions, anthropomorphizing them into alternative people so kids think all animals are really just humans that can't talk.
So... imagine my surprise when this turned out to be one of my favorite movies ever!
No, I didn't expect this AT ALL. Our whole family watched, spellbound, from the 8 year old on up. We probably laughed out loud more than any other movie we've ever seen together.
I know it's tempting to lump this into the tired "another coming of age movie" category, but this one is different. With the single exception of the INCREDIBLY lame last sequence, this movie had everything!
One of the few movies I will enthusiastically purchase for my collection.
Looking at the cover, you'd expect this to be yet another Disney-type story about some idealistic weirdos raising lions, anthropomorphizing them into alternative people so kids think all animals are really just humans that can't talk.
So... imagine my surprise when this turned out to be one of my favorite movies ever!
No, I didn't expect this AT ALL. Our whole family watched, spellbound, from the 8 year old on up. We probably laughed out loud more than any other movie we've ever seen together.
I know it's tempting to lump this into the tired "another coming of age movie" category, but this one is different. With the single exception of the INCREDIBLY lame last sequence, this movie had everything!
One of the few movies I will enthusiastically purchase for my collection.