This movie is a disgrace to all Disney movies (which aren't very good in the first place)! I remember first watching it when I was almost four and loving it, but after watching it this morning, I almost wanted to catch "hydrophoby" and be shot!
First of all, Kevin Corcoran, playing "Arliss" is one of the worst child actors out there, alongside Tommy Kirk, of course, who played the older brother. The characters created in the book were destroyed as they were turned into unconvincing snobs by these down-right terrible actors.
I wasn't convinced at all that any people in the movie were actually in "old-western" times (and Arliss's squeaky accent didn't help with the "illusion").
I wouldn't bother watching if I wasn't an adult who was already convinced that "Old Yeller" is a classic. But I sure wished I could've been there when they first called it "classic".
The only good part/character was Mr. Searcy who added comedy about the sons' illnesses or death (which I was definitely hoping would happen).
First of all, Kevin Corcoran, playing "Arliss" is one of the worst child actors out there, alongside Tommy Kirk, of course, who played the older brother. The characters created in the book were destroyed as they were turned into unconvincing snobs by these down-right terrible actors.
I wasn't convinced at all that any people in the movie were actually in "old-western" times (and Arliss's squeaky accent didn't help with the "illusion").
I wouldn't bother watching if I wasn't an adult who was already convinced that "Old Yeller" is a classic. But I sure wished I could've been there when they first called it "classic".
The only good part/character was Mr. Searcy who added comedy about the sons' illnesses or death (which I was definitely hoping would happen).