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Tall Tale: Unbelievable Adventure [VHS]

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Lot's of action to keep my husband awake. A wonderful excursion through several legendary names ie:Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry ect. This movie does a great job of presenting solid values like Honor, Trust, Doing the right thing, and commitment. I also found that this movie did an excellent job of avoiding the traps of foul language and sex. There is fighting and shooting, old west style. It doesn't get gorey or out of proportion to the storyline. All around as a conservative Christian mother I must say that this is a wonderful movie for the whole family.

This movie grows on me more and more each time I watch it. It would be worth watching just for spectacular scenes like John Henry holding back a locomotive single-handed, or Pecos Bill lassoeing and riding a twister. It has more, though. It has the Code of the West ( Respect the land, defend the defenseless, and never spit in front of women or children.) It also has the message to never let "progress" bulldoze the dream of what is right, and good, and true.

It used to confuse me that the West was embodied in Pecos Bill, the North in Paul Bunyan, and the South in John Henry, while the East was unrepresented. Then it hit me. The East is represented by the villains, the frock-coated, carpet-bagging, Yankee reptiles that are out to destroy the land. After all, as the chief villain points out, there is no Code of the East- only Profit at any cost....

Alot of this film isn't exactly "politically correct." It actually shows, fighting, gun-toting, drinking, and cigar smoking. Why, if a youngster was to watch it, there is some small chance that he might actually grow up to be a ...MAN!

Great for all ages, more movies like this one need to be made. I enjoyed the old stories so well, I am buying it for my grandkids. Also getting them the books, these stories need to be kept alive.

My family has watched this film numerous times and never grow tired of it. It is very well done. A tale well told. Fun and actually teaches a few things along the way. Patrick Swazey is terrific in this movie. We love it.

Patrick Swazye, Oliver Platt, and Roger Aaron Brown help Nick Stahl fight off three grave robbers and save his farm from being part of a railroad indusutury. When I watched it for the first time I thought it deserved 5 stars.

Great feature film for children who read and imagine about the wild west and frontier families. This movie threads the myths of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyon and John Henry extremely well. It is a full story for the character of the young hero. The message was powerful and full of beliefs that children have, but not enough opportunities to practice - the practice of self and justice in the face of villians who claim authority as justice. Children know better and this film is their voice. It is very entertaining. Great for the whole family - including teens.
Thank you Disney!

We watched with 2 of our grandsons and loved this movie!! They fell in love with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry, which I remembered from childhood...I am buying them the movie and books about these 3 wonderful characters for Christmas..It's so good to watch a movie without all the profanity that has a good moral story...

In our language arts class we are studying tall tales, folk tales, fairy tales, ect. So we watched this movie. It was good for what we were studying but we don't think a bunch of 12 and 13 years olds would watch it just for fun. It's more for younger kids. The graphics were great (the tornado to name one) and we guess it held our attention for 3 class periods.

This movie is great! The dialoge was wonderful. Patrick S. was the light of the film. His spirit was amazing! I would have givin it 6 stars but there were only 5. This movie is worth seeing.

First off I think that it should get more then 5 stars. I first saw this movie when it was first out. I went and saw it with me friend for me b-day. Let's just say it change our lives. It gave us something to think about, something to play(You know how when you're young you like to make up things that's what we did) This movie is great for anyone to watch. It's just great! If you haven't seen it, then you should. Believe me, you wont be sorry. Tall Tale is the best!