Every now and then, theres a poor, bad movie out there that critics still praised. But does Secondhand Lions got that treatment? Yes! I don't really understand why they praised this gosh-awful movie so much. I know it got a 52/100 but still i...
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Every now and then, theres a poor, bad movie out there that critics still praised. But does Secondhand Lions got that treatment? Yes! I don't really understand why they praised this gosh-awful movie so much. I know it got a 52/100 but still i should be lower than that. Secondhand Lions is an awful and dumb story that isn't that good.

Tim McCanlies is the director of this horrible movie, and hes not at his best. His previous, The Iron Giant and Dancer, Texas Pop is abit better than this movie. His skill of making this awful movie is disappointing and lacking. Even though some parts of the movie seems abit promising and it still stands out as tedious and annoying as ever. The script and dialogue of this movie seems to be like a fairy tale, but it doesn't stand out that well and it isn't that pleasant at all.

Haley Joe Osman plays Walter, a 14-year old kid, who seems to be tortured by lies by his mom, who told him to visit his uncles for a month. Haley Joe Osman portrayo of Walter sucks very badly. His annoying voice and his performance, makes a great distraction to this dumb movie. The movie starts out as you see a grown Walter making cartoon characters as you hear a phone call and then it flashes and you see a young Walter who with his mom driving to his uncles farm, from i guess in Texas. As they were traveling there, they see some warning signs that this place is dangerous, and turn back now! Once they arrived in to their uncles house. The uncles seems to not know much of kids, shooting salesmans, planting crops ,shooting fish and being just grumpy old men. When Walter sees one of his uncles "sleep walking". Theres must be a story behind this. And so, one of the uncles(Michael Cain) told a epic story about their adventures and remembrances of their own youthful exploits introduce the boy to a world of imagination and wonder and re-ignites the old men's spirits. The casting of these characters were a terrible pick. Michael Cain as a eccentric, grumpy man? Oh come on! Hes not good at his part. It seems like Miss Congeneality is a perfect fit for him. Robert Duvall on the other hand, is quite good at his part, beating up teenagers and acting out a epic battle while he is sleepwalking. Kyra Sedgwick plays Walter's mom, Mae, and her performance in this movie is bad, so much as her performance in her recent movie, The Game Plan. The only two characters I like in this movie is Older Walter played by Josh Lucas and the Sheik's Grandson, Eric Balfour who stars in the OC.

I can't believe that this movie got five nominations and critics praising it. The epic and exotic tale that was told by his uncles, is boring and feels kinda cartoonish. Along with some good music to it, it makes it deceivable but annoying at last. The Sheik getting swords at his throat is a cheap sentiment crap ever, begging for mercy, heh. Overall, Secondhand Lions is a movie with a dumb and weak storyline with good music and with a cast of boring and annoying characters which fits in this box. The scene that looks kinda exciting was when, you see everyone with rifles(how did the uncles got so much rifles for?). The ending of this movie is the good part of this awful and annoying movie where you don't see Haley Joe Oswman. Fans and people wanting to see this movie shouldn't. Don't even watch this horrible and stupid movie, its a piece of trash. This is NOT a Recommended Purchase.

This is an overall descent film with a good amount of heart. Not overly exciting but it's not that type of movie anyhow.