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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)

Average rating

(60%)

Starring:	Oliver Golding \| James Cosmo \| Greg Wise \| Gina McKee \| Ardal O'Hanlon \| Kirsty Mitchell \| Christopher Lee \| Sean Pertwee
Director:	John Henderson
Studio:	UCA
Run time:	100 mins
Genres:	Children \| Family
Languages:	English
Released:	June 01, 2009

Based on a true story, The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby's tells the heart-warming tale of a terrier who is entrusted to a young boy called Ewan following the death of his master, Constable John Gray. Being a loyal friend however, Bobby refuses to leave his mater's side, even sleeping on his grave in Greyfriars cemetery night after night. When a new dog licensing act puts Bobby's life in danger, Ewan must summon up all his courage to help save this remarkable dog.

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4 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5.0 stars
True dedication

hardrider from from ASHTON UNDER LYNE, 9th July, 2007

A true story well told, with just enough romancing to fuel the imagination and yet keep it believable. At first i thought i would watch it for my wifes' sake but must confess we enjoyed it equally well. The actors although perhaps not 'superstars' were well directed and a credit to their craft with good casting making the characters come to life very well. No fantasy,gratuitous violence or 'special effects' but a good dramatisation of a story/legend that despite various films and books, still remains relatively unknown outside Edinburgh. Although perhaps not a 'classic' it is well worth the watching of,if only to realise that sex and violence don't make a film great.

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Rated 0.0 stars
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

A Customer from Edinburgh, 15th March, 2010

Watch out for the scene where the cute wee doggy gets injured when stabbed on the back! It's only for an instant and is more suggestive than gratuitous but enough to really upset young children. What's annoying is that I didn't know it was in the movie, and so we were caught unaware, as it's certainly not in any of the versions of the story I've seen - we had been at Greyfriars Kirk only the week before. I'm not criticising the embellishments to the story, seems to have been happening from the day it started. However it's an enchanting story to children and in my view the movie is ruined as an experience by some unnecessary dramatisation.

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