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Finding Rin Tin Tin

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U.S. serviceman Lee Duncan (Tyler Jensen) finds a German shepherd that becomes a Hollywood star.
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Finding Rin Tin Tin

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Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Comic mayhem, potty humor in amateurish dog comedy. Rated: 2/5 Jan 18, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This film was a great disappointment. There is so much material to the story of this dog, the war situation, the post war and early movie industry life of Lee Duncan and the very special canine. Film does a great disservice to the story of this very special canine.Adult actors were stiff and phony, dog was humanized to be like a smart, bratty child and the essence of this human -animal bond was reduced to a superficial shallow connection. As a teacher, I think the audience for this film would be pre-schoolers through lower elementary. You can't fool kids, it comes across a a comedy. National Velvet, Warhorse, Pig in the City and Lassie Come Home (with Roddy McDowell) still stay in my head as wonderful animal stories with great meaning. I have just finished reading RinTin Tin by Susan Orleans. It's too bad a film hasn't been made that parallels that biography.Similar to Seabisquit. . The dog is humanized to being like a smart bratty child , the humans have stilted conversations and I couldn't see any genuine acting on their part. I thin it would amuse early elementary and pre-schoolers but upper level primary kids would be sceptics for sure. . Teens might mock it. I watched about 1/3 of it but couldn't stand it any more. I still have Lassie Come Home with Roddy McDowell, Pig in the City, National Velvet and Warhorse in my head. This Rin Tin Tin film comes off as silly. I've taught school for almost 30 years and this film would be suitable for kindergarten-1st grade. The true message of this animal's life has been sadly ignored in this film. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I enjoyed seeing the original of a show I grew up with. Well done and entertaining. Few shows herself the true value of faithful, intelligent canines who gave their life for others Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Finally! A dog who doesn't talk, play sports or have super powers Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member It was a good movie about a dog and his owner but I didn't like the plot very much.It wasn't that special. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member see it for the dog not the acting! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie is not good. The dog is cool. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis U.S. serviceman Lee Duncan (Tyler Jensen) finds a German shepherd that becomes a Hollywood star.
Director
Danny Lerner
Producer
George Furla, Kirk M. Hallam, Les Weldon
Screenwriter
David Rolland, Jim Tierney
Production Co
Emmett/Furla Films, Nu Image
Rating
PG (Brief Action/Peril|Mild Rude Humor)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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