biz1201 A friend recommended me to watch this movie had never heard of it, but once I saw Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in it that was definitely the deal breaker. This movie really touches your heart it's wonderful and warm .. Caine and Duvall as always on the top of their game. And Osment was the perfect child for this role. I loved everything about this movie especially when Osment (Walter) is sent to stay with his uncles, he learns a lot about life and in return so do his great uncles who have never raised a child nor wanted to. This movie is ideal for both males and females .. Caine and Duvall are just awesome in their roles as brothers and Caine's storytelling to Walter is fantastic. Highly recommend if you haven't given this a watch to definitely do so I can't really see anyone not enjoying this movie.

Nick Holland Secondhand Lions is directed by Tim McCanlies and stars Haley Joel Osment as Walter, a boy living in the 1950's with a mom that is a very irresponsible parent. When his mother decides that she's going to college, which Walter is suspicious of being dishonest, she drops him off at his two great uncles' house in Texas. He's never met these uncles, but, while living with them, will learn and experience many different things about life and being a man.I was raised on Secondhand Lions. I remember watching this movie for the first time as a five year old with my grandmother. I recently rewatched it, and it isn't' the perfect film I remembered it to be, however still being an amazing story. The lessons that Walter learns while living with his uncles are very coming-to-age worthy, and fit perfectly well with the theme of this movie, that being that believing in specific things, true or not, is necessary to live a happy life.The best thing Secondhand Lions seems to offer is the incredible acting talent delivered by each and every actor credited. Michael Caine and Robert Duvall, two legendary actors cast as uncles Hub and Garth, both do amazing as the characters they're cast for, however different they may be from each other. Hub likes to fight, and give "becoming a man" speeches to teenage "punks" that he beats up, while Garth likes to garden and tell tales of the past, however accurate they may be. Both of these actors do great in their roles, and play great parenting figures for young Walter, played excellently by the mid-adolescent Haley Joel Osment.The direction is nothing to clap for, but it isn't bad, either. Secondhand Lions is the second film directed by Tim McCanlies, after Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998), and, while his abilities have improved, he could still use a bit more practice. Although the action scenes aren't abundant, they are filmed well, and deserve recognition. Other than that, however, most of the rest of the movie is just exposition or "talking" scenes. Although said scenes are entertaining, the direction is pretty usual, and doesn't exactly add anything particular to the film.The pacing isn't the greatest either. Throughout almost the entire film, Uncle Garth is periodically telling Walter about his and Hub's past together. However, the spacing of these flashback scenes is actually pretty substandard. Within thirty minutes, twenty of it will have been dedicated to the flashbacks, and then we see no flashbacks for another half hour. The film also takes place in a single summer, and a lot of the film will focus on a particular day, and then jump forward in time without explanation. The pacing of the film is collectively poor, and could've been improved upon.The last thing I'll mention is unfortunately a negative, but not a huge one. There are a couple characters that seem somewhat unnecessary, and are spontaneously thrown into the plot for a small purpose, or no purpose at all, and then are abandoned by the script. This stole attention from the story's true intention, which is to tell a great story. If some of these characters were removed, or served a greater purpose, then this complaint would be put to rest very quickly.In conclusion, Secondhand Lions is actually a really good film, there's just a few smaller aspects of it that are sub-par. If the filmmakers would've tweaked a couple things, Secondhand Lions would be one of the greatest coming-to-age films ever made. However, I still would recommend this film almost anybody, because it is an enjoyable time.

Loucas Louca The story line may divert from the standards of the Hollywood movies but oh my God does it deliver. It made me laugh and cry.A boy goes to live with his uncles. Nobody expects much.The uncles are lovable and they are played by legendary actors. The young boy does deliver and does not get overshadowed by them. The secondhand lions, the old uncles that are facing a situation that have to raise up their nephew, are changed by him and realize how he affected and changed their lives.Go on and see it and you will not be disappointed, with not a single dull moment in the movie.

SnoopyStyle Walter (Haley Joel Osment) is left by his gold digging mother Mae (Kyra Sedgwick) with his eccentric great-uncles Garth (Michael Caine) and Hub (Robert Duvall) in rural Texas. She thinks they've hidden a fortune somewhere and hopes they would leave it all to her. Their other relatives come sniffing around and they're not happy at Walter being there. Meanwhile they are hounded by salesmen who are always trying to take advantage of them. Then they buy a secondhand lion to shoot.HJO is growing older and this is the awkward stage. He doesn't have quite the same cuteness and is much too stiff. I can see this role more fitting him as his younger self. His lack of expressions worked as a child but is a hindrance as he gets older. The story is a gentle memory of a fanciful tale. Writer/director Tim McCanlies isn't bringing anything particularly interesting. It's all left up to the veterans Duvall and Caine. They are able to salvage a little bit but not all of it.