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Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: This remake of the 1943 classic Lassie Come Home is quite an accomplishment, bringing together a top-notch British director, a very nice cast , gorgeous Scottish scenery and all the renowned virtues of the world's most famous collie. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Dog and movie lovers, take note: Lassie has come home. Read more
Christy Lemire, Associated Press: No, it's not exactly realistic. But there is a sense of moral balance in Lassie's world that's enviable. People are cruel to the dog and bad things happen to them. Those who are good to her end up being rewarded. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: It's a welcome throwback to the carefully crafted family films of the studio era. Read more
Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal: 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. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I think just one of the best family films of the year. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Here's what a classic family film should be -- intelligent without being smart-alecky, heart-warming without being smarmy and exciting without relying entirely on CGI. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: If that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're a robot with cross-wired circuitry. Read more
Kathy Cano Murillo, Arizona Republic: Lassie proves to be top dog in her latest feature film. Read more
Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle: This new Lassie is no match for the original MGM production (Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.), but there are many compensations that make it fine family entertainment. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: You know people keep saying 'they don't make movies like that anymore'? Well, in the case of Lassie, they have. And they've made it well. Read more
Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: Maybe I'm a sucker for dogs, but my eyes welled up. Twice. Woof! Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Lassie is family entertainment of a very high order, made all the better by [director] Sturridge's avoidance of CGI enhancement and the animatronics that have become commonplace in films about animals. Read more
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: ...The collie that became a star back in 1943 can still make you cry and cheer in the all-new Lassie. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Far from the madding crowd and frantic squeak of Hollywood kid flicks, British writer-director Charles Sturridge makes beautiful, stubbornly unhurried movies about the best and worst in human, animal and even otherworldly nature. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: Knight's story retains enough of its power to ensure, even in this modest rendering, that it never fails to make your eyes mist and your cheeks warm. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's the loveliest and most moving children's film of the year so far. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Charles Sturridge's charming adaptation of Eric Knight's classic book Lassie Come-Home will thrill any adult who can't face another insipid children's movie about talking animals. Oh, and the kids will love it, too. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: It's such a relief to settle into a film that lets dogs be dogs, children be children, and old-fashioned movies be old-fashioned movies. Read more
Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times: No question about it, Lassie is a very traditional film, but good storytelling, fine acting and beautiful photography add up to a solid family entertainment that never lets us forget who the real star is. Read more