Secondhand Lions is a family film about a introverted young man who goes to live with his eccentric bachelor uncles.
In the 1960s, 14-year old Walter Coleman (Haley Joel Osment) goes to live with his bachelor uncles, who are rumored to have a secret fortune. When they first arrive, Hub and Garth McCann (Robert Duvall, Michael Caine) are knee-deep in their pond, shooting at bass with shotguns. His cousins, also strong believers in the fortune, arr...
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Secondhand Lions is a family film about a introverted young man who goes to live with his eccentric bachelor uncles.
In the 1960s, 14-year old Walter Coleman (Haley Joel Osment) goes to live with his bachelor uncles, who are rumored to have a secret fortune. When they first arrive, Hub and Garth McCann (Robert Duvall, Michael Caine) are knee-deep in their pond, shooting at bass with shotguns. His cousins, also strong believers in the fortune, arrive a day after his mother leaves to ingratiate themselves into the good graces of Hub and Garth. They scare Walter away, and he runs to telephone the court reporting school where his mother had claimed to have gone. He discovers that she is not actually enrolled at the school, but has lied — again. With no recourse but to return to his uncles' farm, Walter eventually becomes used to their quirky, socially atypical mannerisms and they become used to him and his shyness.
While encouraging them to eat vegetables and stop shooting at visiting...
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