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70% Critic Match
Fly Away Home
“To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.”
7.0 / 10• 1996• 1h 47m•PG• English
AdventureDramaFamily
Storyline
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.
Cast & Crew
Jeff Daniels
Thomas Alden
Lead
Anna Paquin
Amy Alden
Dana Delany
Susan Barnes
Terry Kinney
David Alden
Holter Graham
Barry Stickland
Jeremy Ratchford
Glen Seifert
DV
Deborah Verginella
Amy's Mother
Michael J. Reynolds
General
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carroll Ballard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fly Away Home is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
