Married couple George Adamson and Joy Adamson have long lived in northern Kenya for George's work as the senior game warden of the region. One of George's primary responsibilities is to deal with dangerous animals that may be chronically threatening to humans, livestock and/or crops. It is in this vein that George and his staff end up killing a man eating lion and its lioness, resulting in their three young female cubs being orphaned. Although difficult to begin, George and J... (Full plot summary below)
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Married couple George Adamson and Joy Adamson have long lived in northern Kenya for George's work as the senior game warden of the region. One of George's primary responsibilities is to deal with dangerous animals that may be chronically threatening to humans, livestock and/or crops. It is in this vein that George and his staff end up killing a man eating lion and its lioness, resulting in their three young female cubs being orphaned. Although difficult to begin, George and Joy are able to wean and take care of the three cubs, who they adopt as pets. But soon, they know they have to provide a more suitable environment for the cubs, namely sending them to Rotterdam Zoo... that is except for the smallest, who they have named Elsa and to who Joy in particular has become attached as the emotional fighter among the three. As Elsa grows into lioness maturity, George and Joy provide her with greater freedom away from their property, which may get her into trouble as a largely tame animal. Ultimately, John Kendall, George's boss, directs them to send Elsa to a zoo like they did with her sisters, especially as with anyone in George's job he is soon being reassigned. Joy cannot bear the thought of Elsa being locked up for the rest of her life, believing that they can reintegrate her back into the wild instead, something that had never been done with a tame lion. John gives them three months to accomplish this task, which most specifically involves getting Elsa to be able to kill for food, other creatures which up to this point she has seen only as fellow playthings, and to be accepted by other lions, most specifically mate with and provide food for a male partner while standing up successfully to female competitors.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonDirector James Hill tackles the material in a manner that relies more on naturalistic behavior than cheap theatrics (i.e. no scenes of Elsa covering her eyes with her paws after a human does something imbecilic). |
| VarietyA.D. MurphyGerald L. C. Copley has done a first rate adaptation of the true story of Joy Adamson, who with hubby George involuntarily domesticated several pet lions. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonBeautifully shot, brilliantly scored by John Barry and sensitively staged by director James Hill, this charming adaptation of Joy Adamson's bestseller is one of the great animal films. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA popular family film, also known for its Oscar-winning score and song |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. Nesbitemotionally satisfying for the whole family, as long as you aren't looking for high art or realism |
| The Retro SetNathanael Hood...a warm, melancholy tearjerker both immediate in its emotion and timeless in its theme. |
| User ReviewMichael WA sweet, sad, and heart-warming film involving one of the most unique of not most unique human-animal relationship ever. McKenna and Travers give the best performances of their careers with a lot of effort going into their roles. But, ultimately the one thing that we all want to see when watching this is of course, Elsa the lioness. Her incredible true journey of being captive, then having to be released in the wild makes a very simple but interesting premise. There are a few scenes in the film that I felt were a little unnecessary, but it wasn't enough to prevent me from absolutely loving this film. I will admit that I cried once in this film, so yes, it is a tear jerker. But I recommend it to everyone. Even kids. |
| User Reviewvanessa BThis is such a good movie for the whole family and a true story |
| User Reviewwolfsong872 Bi read the book. u will not like this movie unless u read the book. but besides that it was great! |
| User ReviewMarie Anne C1 OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER AND IT'S A TRUE STORY AND I'VE GOT ON DVD AND I CRY AT IT |
