The Ransom of Red Chief
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Movie Reviews of The Ransom of Red Chief
Movie Review: Fun to watch
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD wasn't like the story very much but it was still fun to watch. Haley Joel Osment was really cute--what a character!Movie Review: VIDEO
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a fun family film packed with laughs.
Received it in the advertised condition.
Movie Review: Silly, Western Comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is a western, slap-stick comedy. It is appropriate for elementary age children and older. Some young elementary children will not understand all of the humor but they will enjoy the silliness. Parents will enjoy this movie because there is no bad language or sexually suggestive scenes. It is family friendly and may become a family favorite.Movie Review: Pretty Funny
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a good movie. It does have several slow parts, but it is worth watching. Christopher Lloyd and Michael Jeter play characters similar to Don Knotts and Tim Conway in the Apple Dumpling Gang. The scene in the mine where Old Hank has just had the spider knocked off his head is as funny as anything I have ever seen.Movie Review: Great for compare/contrast
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this movie to show to my 8th graders in English because we had just read the short story the week before.
The movie surprised me in how far it strayed from the original story. I almost didn't show it.
But, then I thought that this movie was a wonderful example of author's purpose, particularly in how the
writers of this film thought it was more imperative to depict the circumstances behind this child's erratic behavior,
than to preserve the irony from the original story.
Nevertheless, I showed my students the DVD and they came up with excellent Venn diagrams illustrating the extreme differences between the story and the film.
So if you're a teacher, you might want to use this film to do a comparison with the story if you're reading it.
But, be warned of how different it is from the short story.