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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

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3 star:		(1)
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Well I knew nothing about this movie. Turned on the TV and there it was. Was captivated by Jonathon Lipnicki. What an adorable little boy. Reminded me of a nephew of mine. The movie also had Eric Stolz in it, good as he always is. It's a cute movie about a boy who is billed as the Fattest boy in the world, that's Zachary coming into town. It's a movie with a good message about life and innocence. Give it a try, you won't be dissapointed.

Like another reviewer here, I am a teacher who purchased this movie to go along with reading the book "When Zachary Beaver Came to Town".

The film is a great compliment to the book, and a good family movie in it's own right.

There is plenty here to discuss - prejudice, loss, friendship - for either the classroom or a family film night. Keep a little Kleenix handy, though. There are some tear jerking aspects.

We watched this as a family and we all enjoyed it! Even the youngest granddaughter who is only four was able to stay with it. I loved the dynamics of the of the developing relationships between the boys. How special to see kids showing empathy and being sympathic at such a young age. I especially enjoyed the Baptism scene in the lake and what it represented to Zachary! Overall I thought the whole movie was fun and entertaining for all!

Great movie. My 13 year old son read this book as part of a reading class assignment. Afterwards we bought the movie to help him see the book. No bad language and had a nice moral about acceptance.

I purchased this movie to use in my 6th grade special education classroom as a follow up to our read-aloud of the novel, "When Zachary Beaver Came to Town". The movie was cute, it followed the novel plot line pretty well, and brought the characters to "life" for my students. It allows great discussions about how student's images of the characters from the novel compared to the actors who portrayed them in the movie. They all agreed that Zachary's personality in the movie was very different from how we perceived it in the novel. I enjoy being able to share a movie version of a text with my students and this one was not a disappointment!

Interesting coming of age film with the story centering around two friends who befriend an obese boy in a makeshift sideshow. The film is a cut above most juvenile fodder with some funny and interesting characters. Amanda Alch is a stand out as a pint sized southern bell! It's clean and short and the story isn't dumb-ed down, so adults can enjoy this film too. I caught this on cable, so I don't know what the DVD quality is.

Wonderful movie for families. Depicts prejudice in a small town and the lessons learned by a boy and his friends. Very well done. Our family thoroughly enjoyed it!

We LOVE this movie. Don't understand why it was not a mass release. It's a great heartwarming story of how love can change a life. I wish that all kids could see this movie and learn its lesson.
The acting is great and the story wonderful.

I was looking for a DVD film of the book "When Zachary Beaver Came To Town" to tie into a lesson plan for a literature unit for that novel. The first place I always check is Amazon and low and behold I located the DVD and at a great price!

I'm the last person to take kindly to any overtly religious promotion or overtones. In this case, my take on the baptism deal is: it was important to the poor kid, a kid who had little to grasp except for what his mother said and that was that he'd need to be baptized to see her in heaven. Yes, I almost cringed when the kids were reading passages from the bible. But, as said, it was something important to the kid and his friends sought a solution. (This, nonetheless, did result in a reduced star in my rating.) But I didn't feel the movie was preachy or overly moralistic. Overall, it was a treat, well acted with darling kids, a message of tolerance, portrayals of unfairness in life, etc. I thought the flick was a gem.