Secondhand Lions [DVD]
4.8 | 36,487 ratings
Price: 16.99
Last update: 02-20-2026
Product details
- Package Dimensions : 7.6 x 5.31 x 0.67 inches; 1.76 ounces
- ASIN : B0D4SNZDVB
- Best Sellers Rank:#154 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- Customer Reviews:4.84.8 out of 5 stars(36,487)
Top reviews from the United States
- Catherine M. HallFun movie best castOne of my all time favorites, a great flick with a great cast and so much fun to watch with a good message.
- JolshanBeautiful Coming-of-Age StoryAs a former English teacher, Secondhand Lions became a cornerstone of my “Coming of Age” unit. It was an absolute gem that brings literary themes to life on screen. The film captures the journey from innocence to understanding and weaves lessons about identity and the meaning of family into each scene. Its exploration of perseverance and the enduring power of storytelling makes it a perfect complement to the narratives we study in class. The layered narration invites rich discussion about truth, memory, and the stories we choose to believe. It’s a heartwarming tale that reminds students and teachers alike why stories matter.
- mary b. delanceyGreat movieAbsolutely love this movie. Good family movie. Highly recommended
- Konrei"The kid gets it all..."SOME SPOILERS
I admit it. I cried at the end of SECONDHAND LIONS. This warm and amazingly touching story struck a deep chord inside me. In terms of "Family Values" this film is exemplary.
Young Walter (later "Walt") is a boy on the verge of becoming a man in 1962 Texas. His sweet but careless and flighty mother, Mae (Kyra Sedgwick) has a long history of dropping him off "for two weeks or a month or two or three months" with relatives or at orphanages while she pursues her own life's dreams, which boil down to mostly finding a husband (employment status unimportant; criminal record expected; domestic violence unavoidable).
Having run out of siblings and Sisters of Mercy, Mae takes Walter to spend the summer with her two great-uncles, Hub (Robert Duval) and Garth (Michael Caine). When Walt arrives the two old men are sitting on the front porch of their falling-down house, shotguns at the ready, waiting for traveling salesmen. They accept "the kid" without comment, wave off his inquiries about TV and telephones, and commence shooting at every widget salesman that pulls up to the door. Walt is terrified, and tries to run off, only to discover that Mae has lied to him yet again regarding her whereabouts. Defeated, he returns to Hub and Garth, who, much to their credit, welcome him back and treat him not as a child or an unwanted houseguest, but as an equal.
Walt awakens one night to find Hub armed with a plunger, swordfighting in his sleep. Used by now to the unexpected from his eccentric uncles, bemused but not afraid, he inquires of Garth exactly what is going on. Garth begins to spin a fantastical tall tale of the two brothers joining the Foreign Legion and fighting the Sheiks of Araby. In colorful, entertaining, action-packed sequences, the details of Garth's stories are played out in Walt's mind.
As the stories unfold, Walt learns that his uncles are fabulously wealthy men who traversed the world in search of adventure in their young years, but now they're "all used up." Walt discovers that Hub has loved and lost his wife, the beautiful Arabian princess, Jasmine, and that his heart is forever broken.
As Hub and Garth unlock Walter's imagination his own buoyant energy revitalizes them. At first they keep it within bounds. They start a vegetable garden. They stop shooting at visitors. Then their long-dormant madcap energy takes over. They buy a secondhand lion from the circus as a pet for "the kid" (he names her "Jasmine"). Hub purchases an old biplane (neither brother is a licensed pilot). After Hub singlehandedly fights off a pack of hoodlums, he gives them his famous, "What Every Boy Needs To Know About Becoming A Man" speech. They go off, chastened. Walt, who misses the moment, makes his uncle swear to live long enough to give him the speech. The stories continue, wonderful stories full of honor and bravery, and loyalty and love. Are they true? They don't have to be true in order for us to believe them.
We never actually hear "The Speech" itself, but SECONDHAND LIONS is the speech personified---Simply this: "REALLY Live."
Amazingly, as the "Extras" tell us, SECONDHAND LIONS took over ten years to be produced. Screenwriter/Director Tim McCanlies based this story on his own life growing up in Texas, not so much in fact, as in sensibility. McCanlies, who lost his own father at a young age, crafted this coming-of-age film as a heartfelt expression of what older mentors can teach to younger men.
It was worth the wait. - S. Neumanngreat for clueless kids now daysthe best movie ever. all kids should see this. we watch it over and over. LOVE LOVE LOVE
- kd4watlanguage may not be suitable for little ones.Some language, but very funny and a great ending. The fighting scene was really well done.
- kenny tomlinSecondhand lionThis movie is absolutely hilarious I love it has a sad moments that makes you cry and it's funny moments and I just love these guys they're so awesome
- C. B. LongFun film, well boughtMy order shipped very quickly, arrived in good shape, and is a hoot of a movie.