The story is amazing and played out on screen by some of the best, THE best, and this has one of the best and funniest fight scenes in movie history!Great for family and gotta love the end!!!

Usually, in this formula of coming-of-age films, it's a troubled young girl who gets sent to her grandmother's house, ultimately learns the errors of her ways, and becomes a better person. In Secondhand Lions, Haley Joel Osment gets sent to his great-uncles' farm. This type of squeaky-clean, goody-goody story is usually watched by women, which is why they usually star women. The added testosterone of three men in the lead roles made the film feel a little strange. Tim McCanlies's script tried to add a masculine plot line about finding a hidden stash of gold, but it was a storyline that didn't really appeal to women. All in all, the film doesn't really work.Michael Caine and Robert Duvall play Haley's great-uncles, and the real problem with the film is spoken by the latter's character. He says, in teaching a life lesson to his nephew, that he believes all people are genuinely good. The reason this line of dialogue doesn't resonate is the same reason the rest of the film doesn't work: it's not speaking to the right audience. If a grandmother character said that line to her granddaughter, the women in the audience would feel warm and fuzzy inside and the movie would have been a hit. Women, especially in this genre of films, have a special close-knit circle of "girl power" that would make that line believable. Men face disappointments as soon as they are old enough to chase after their dreams; they live through daily struggles, internal frustrations, and never-ending regrets. I can't imagine a man of Robert Duvall's age truly believing that all people are good.

One of my favorite movies of all time. This is a feel good, great for the whole family and loved by viewers of all ages. I went into this movie not knowing anything about it, and was surprised to find that I'd stumbled upon something special... Next time you're in the mood for a feel good film that will make you smile, just watch it!

The first night is absolutely awful, the uncles do not really want him there, and when he begs his mother to take him with her, she refuses. He is told by the two old men that whenever he gets hungry, he needs to cook on his own, and if he ever needs anything, to tend for himself or better yet, get used to not having it. His room is on the upper floor of the house, full of dust, his bed raises a cloud of dust when he falls on it, worrisome and feeling abandoned. Soon though, he starts to ask these old men questions about their lives and discovers a world of heroic fights in Africa, traveling around the world, honor and courage, endless love and unseparated brotherhood.What are the memorable take aways for me:1. Sometimes, the best thing a mother can do for her child is to leave him with people who can offer the love, security, affection and be the role model she will never be able to offer. How important it is for a woman to choose the partner which can take care of her children, not abuse them.2. A lioness will always takes care and fights for her cubs, no matter what. The lioness is the mother this boy never had.3. Old people, in order to live a long life, need a strong enough reason to live for, something to strive for, something to bring value to their lives and in the lives of others, more than anything else.4. Whatever you do in your life, lead a memorable one, and die with your boots on.Words which impressed me:"Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."