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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Action · Adventure · Drama · 1995
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
Movie details
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
“Partners in survival. Friends for life.”
1995 Action · Adventure · Drama 1h 21m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Phillip Borsos
Written by
Phillip Borsos
Mimi Rogers
Katherine McCormick
Jesse Bradford
Angus McCormick
Bruce Davison
John McCormick
Tom Bower
John Gale
Joel Palmer
Silas McCormick
D
Dakotah
Yellow Dog
J
Josh Wannamaker
David Finlay
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Put Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.