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A feel-good movie for Christmas Day. While Spielberg continues to be ablet to take the mundane story and turn it into a movie spectacle, how many different ways can you analogize “Lassie Come Home.” The book was a better presentation of the story as it was strictly “coming from the horse’s mouth.” In this screen version you get the impression that the story is told by the human hero, not the equine one.

Boy sees horse being born in field of neighboring farm. Boy watches horse grow up. Owner sells horse. Boy’s father buys horse. Boy trains horse and it becomes his companion. Father has to sell horse to save farm. Horse sold to military. Horse goes to war. Boy pines over horse. Boy goes to war. Both have harrowing experiences. At the end of the war boy unites with horse and they go home and ride into the sunset.

Probably a great story for children. A bit boring for adults.

Rating: 1 out of 5.