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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995 · 98 min

A bright, old-fashioned Disney adventure that mixes dusty western action with tall-tale wonder and a boy's earnest quest to believe in something.

Genres
Adventure, Family, Western
Tagline
A journey into a world where legends come to life. Dreams come true. And every boy is a hero.
Overview
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • survival
  • justice
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour5
Realism3
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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