Movie

Look Homeward

1965 · 128 min

A gentle, episodic animal adventure that keeps you rooting for the loyal dog through one perilous scrape after another.

Overview: After being separated from her companions in a canyon plane crash, Lassie endures captivity, hops a freight train with runaway boys, battles a wolf, stops a stampede, saves a man, and overcomes injury—guided by a hawk—until she finally returns home.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, uplifting and tense. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Survival, loyalty, friendship, family
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
loyalty
friendship
family
healing
Places: wilderness
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none