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Fly Away Home

1996 · 107 min

A gentle, heartfelt journey of healing and determination, with soaring visuals and a quiet emotional pull.

Tagline
To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.
Overview
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • healing
  • nature
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, family
Directed by
Carroll Ballard
Written by
Robert Rodat, Vince McKewin
Starring
Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham, Jeremy Ratchford, Deborah Verginella, Michael J. Reynolds
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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