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best movie i've ever seen.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I remembered this movie from when I was a girl. Cried now just like I did then. This is a good, wholesome, family movie.

I'm hoping that this doesn't spoil it much, if at all, but...If this flick doesn't make you shed at least one tear, one has to wonder, did you cry when Old Yeller died? It's been a coon's age since I've seen this movie or read the book. But, it's one of my favorites, and will forever remain there.It's pretty much the classic tale of childhood, love, faith, and loyalty. But, that's where it ends.This isn't about childhood lifelong love in the sense of boy vs girl.Billy is a young boy who sees an ad for hunting dogs. He spends a year saving up for the pups, and travels a long distance alone on foot to get the dogs. This trip alone is an adventure, but not the center of the story.Billy trains the pups, Old Dan, and Little Anne to be coon dogs, for hunting raccoons. This is the beginning of their escapades.The love and bond between the three, Billy, Old Dan, and Little Anne, shows throughout the movie. Near the end of the movie, you see just how strong it is when the two dogs make the ultimate sacrifice.The tail end of the movie will leave you in tears and thinking of the original legend of the Red Fern.In my belief, it's a MUST-SEE movie, but is well worth it.I love it, and hope the new one is at least as good as the original. I haven't seen the one for 2003 yet.

Today's young people should really take a look a look at this family movie. The morals and the lessons learned are very good. The story is simple, a boy and his dogs. What's important about this film is how different life was without television, cellphones, the internet, children did chores and helped their parents, and listened to what their parents had to say. The film is good, the acting okay, the animal scenes are very good, a good wholesome film. If your kids are acting up, force them to watch this movie, and then they will appreciate on how easy they have it. I liked the movie because it takes place in Oklahoma, rural Oklahoma, far from major cities like Tulsa. Life was simple then, and family values were high, I especially liked when Billy spent the extra ten dollars on his family, rather then spend it on himself, try getting your kids to do the same, I really doubt that would happen these days. I haven't seen the remake of this film, but it would have to be awfully good to top this one.

While the movie version of Where the Red Fern Grows is not quite as good as the book by Wilson Rawls, the film is still a quality family film and very much worth watching if you are a fan of the novel.The changes in the plot for the movie version are minor, and most of the same themes Rawls intended for his readers can be found in the movie. However, one glaring difference is the fact that the characterization in the movie cannot touch the novel. The movie does little to build up Billy's "dog wanting" disease as well as Billy's dogged (pun intended) determination to secure himself some hunting hounds. This takes away from the reader's sympathy for and identification with the protagonist. Grandpa's character also does not come off as well as he does in the novel. In the novel, Grandpa is clearly a wise man despite his one irrational act; in the movie, he seems plain irrational, and there is no sign of his wisdom on the subjects of life and coon hunting. The extent to which the dogs are given characters and personalities in the book is not found in the movie, either. Billy's mother and father do translate fairly well from the book to the big screen, but the fact that the protagonist and his dogs do not is the major weakness of the film.In closing, if you're a fan of the novel, then you should definitely watch this movie version, but don't expect it to be as good as the classic children's novel.