7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Family, Adventure • 1994 • 94 min • Older Kids (7+)
Lassie (1994)
Lassie (1994)
Overview
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Starring Cast
Helen Slater • Tom Guiry • Jon Tenney
Where to watch
Prime VideoRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.
Starring Cast
Helen Slater • Tom Guiry • Jon Tenney
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film focuses on universal themes of family, loyalty, and perseverance through a boy's bond with his dog, Lassie, and their journey to reunite. It does not explicitly promote a specific political ideology, making its core conflict and solution apolitical.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie employs traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, consistent with a family adventure film from its era, and does not center on explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
Christianity: Positive
Confidence: Medium
The film implicitly portrays values such as loyalty, family unity, kindness, and perseverance in a positive light through its protagonists and overall moral message. While not explicitly religious, the narrative aligns with virtues often associated with Christian ethics, without any negative or satirical depiction.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The 1994 film 'Lassie' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on a family and their collie, focusing on themes of loyalty and adventure, with no elements related to LGBTQ+ representation.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Lassie, 1994, is a family adventure film focusing on the bond between a boy and his collie. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the movie's plot or character arcs, resulting in an N/A rating for its portrayal.
Female Combat: No
Confidence: High
The film is a family adventure centered on a boy and his dog. There are no significant action sequences featuring female characters engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The titular character, Lassie, is a female dog in the 1994 film, consistent with her long-established canonical gender across various adaptations and source material. No other major, canonically established characters appear to have undergone a gender swap.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The human characters in the 1994 film "Lassie" are consistent with the established racial portrayals from previous adaptations and the source material, which have historically featured white characters. No major character's race was altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
6.1
Critic Ratings
8.9
N/A
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