For the Love of Benji
For the Love of Benji
G | 10 June 1977 (USA)
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Benji gets lost after a flight overseas and becomes a stray in Athens, Greece. He then tries everyday to reunite with his family while mysterious people pursue him, in a race to get a code which was secretly tattooed on his paw at the airport. But who are the bad guys and who are the agents that can be trusted? Will Benji and his kids and their nanny ever get to enjoy their vacation?

Reviews
Victoria Luise

This film is perfect! It has great actors! The dogs are amazing! Very well trained! The music "I feel love" is sweet and catching! I miss movies like that, innocent films with an identifiable contrast between right and wrong. It is an honest film and I show to my family without worries. I highly recommend it to all lovers of good movies! I believe this is a timeless film and that new generations will enjoy too! Make no mistake, there are many movies with animals that are silly, but here this is not the case! This is a fun and exciting movie with very well done script, great dialogues and a perfectionist intricacy in production!

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toni-cooke18

I have given this film a 7. My Dad would take me to the video shop once a week and I would, without fail, come home with 'For the love of Benji'I loved this film and have fond memories of it. It is clever as it was one of the first films made from a dogs point of view. It showed how intelligent and perceptive dogs are - they know good people from bad people almost instantly.It also shows how sly, cunning and resourceful they can be when made to fend for themselves.It did have a few heartstring pulling moments, when Benji is generous with today's spoil.. being separated from loved ones and reunited again.I think children today would still enjoy this film.. regardless of the amount of running Benji does.

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filmflakfluke

Gore Vidal's "For The Love Of Benji" takes us on what should have been an energetic romp through the eyes of a lovable cocker spaniel with the heart of a freeze-dried artichoke. Instead, what we get is a thinly-disguised rant on the oppression visited upon our four-legged friends by corrupt politicians, corporate CEOs, and alien sex predators. PETA take note! Not since "Myra Breckenridge" has Raquel Welch been so radiant and yet so absent from the screen. Interestingly enough, Tom Cruise does NOT appear in this film either. The film score, however, is reminiscent of "Ears Wide Shut", the film Kubrick would have made if cameras had been unavailable.

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laciefrazee

This movie is amazing, I really love it. But I have to admit the first Benji is the best because it was so original and sad and has such a great story line to it, but the second one is not far behind it's first. This is the kind of movie, just like the first Benji, that makes you think of things, it makes you stop and forget about all your worries and cares, it lets you just watch the dog and live his life in the movie. I had a tear run down my face when the part came on, when Benji saves Cindy, and those flashbacks he's had. This dog had a real talent in the movies, the way he showed his emotions and just the way he is. This movie leaves a big impacted on you once you see it, it's called the spirit on Benji.

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