The Incredible Journey

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The Incredible Journey

G

Released Oct 30, 1963

1h 20m

Kids & Family

Adventure

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An unlikely trio of pets -- aging bull terrier Bodger, spry Labrador retriever Luath, and Siamese cat Tao -- begin missing their owners after being dropped off for the summer with a friend of the family, John Longridge (Emile Genest), who lives across the country from them. Their loneliness becomes unbearable, however, when John leaves on an extended camping trip. The three animals resolve to find their way back home, no matter how difficult -- and even if that means journeying over 250 miles.

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Danny Brogan

Common Sense Media

Classic Disney animal adventure about friendship, courage.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2020

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Comes from a place that genuinely respects and loves dogs for being dogs and cats for being cats.

Rated: 7/10

Jun 12, 2012

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 12, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Disney's classic tale of doggy / kitty teamwork.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 3, 2005

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

A children's classic

Rated: 4/5

Nov 8, 2004

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

Rated: 5/5

Jun 19, 2004

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Euan P

Cool movie, perfectly matches its title.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Russell H

Cute adventure with pets by themselves

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/26/23

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Lisa M

The plot and overall movie are pretty good, considering the time period it was filmed. However, it's a hard movie to watch if take your blinders off and recognize what the producers put the animals through in order to get all the dramatic shots. All 3 pets had to fight a live bear, the cat was thrown into a river with rapids, they were shot at, the cat squared up with a lynx, the lab got quilled by a porcupine, etc. None of this was special effects or faked. The movie pre-dates animal rights regulations. Oh, and the bull terrier is a female.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/22/23

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steve d

Inferior in every way to the remake.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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christopher c. m

Movies like this is why remakes can work better than the original. This isn't bad but I prefer the remake. Since the animals don't communicate with each other and we spend with just the animals we don't get much in character development. Except what the ever present narrator tells us. It didn't feel like a movie, it felt like a book. I'd rather hear the animals tells us how they were feeling not some disembodied voice, that really hurts the pacing. It's not horrible but it's no where near as good as the remake. It's just a very slow bland, meh.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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I remember seeing Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey when I was a kid. So it was hard to not compare the two movies. It is basically the same story, but in this one the animals do not talk and the story is narrated with the occasional human interaction with the animals. Enjoyable, but knowing the upcoming movie is better I wouldn't recommend it unless you want to see and compare the movies like I did.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Synopsis

An unlikely trio of pets -- aging bull terrier Bodger, spry Labrador retriever Luath, and Siamese cat Tao -- begin missing their owners after being dropped off for the summer with a friend of the family, John Longridge (Emile Genest), who lives across the country from them. Their loneliness becomes unbearable, however, when John leaves on an extended camping trip. The three animals resolve to find their way back home, no matter how difficult -- and even if that means journeying over 250 miles.

Director: Fletcher Markle
Producer: Walt Disney
Screenwriter: James Algar, Sheila Burnford
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 1963, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 20m

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