All Roads Lead Home (2008)

The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her ... See full summary »

Director:

Dennis Fallon

Writer:

Douglas Delaney

Stars:

Peter Coyote, Jason London, Vivien Cardone

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Coyote	...	Hock
Jason London	...	Cody
Vivien Cardone	...	Belle
Peter Boyle	...	Poovey
Patton Oswalt	...	Milo
Vanessa Branch	...	Lillian
Evan Parke	...	Basham
April Bowlby	...	Natasha
Bruce Heinrich	...	Satch
Allan Kayser	...	Tobias
Shannon Knopke	...	Andrea
Walter Coppage	...	Dennison
Stephen Milton	...	Bud
Peter Fopeano	...	Lou
Joe Backer	...	Plant Manager

Storyline

The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother's death. Belle's maternal grandfather is a changed man since losing his daughter in the accident. He finds it difficult to have a relationship with Belle since she is a constant reminder of her mother. It is Atticus the new puppy who will change Belle's life and the lives of those who love her.

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Plot Keywords:

mother's | death | dog | overcome | ranch | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic material and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shadows of Atticus

Filming Locations:

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Waldo West Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

CW Feed & Seed the fictitious veterinary feed supply company is name after Charles W. Nelson the Executive Producer of the film.

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Quotes

Basham: Had a vet here once. Swore, "he'd rather be chewed on by a lion, than kicked by a horse". A lion might make you bleed, and maybe he could fix that. One kick from a horse and your crossing Jordon on a jet ski.

User Reviews

One of the best family films I have seen in years...

The description 'family film' gets tossed around a lot. I have found that either these so called family movies are either A) animated or B) still contain language, themes, etc that aren't exactly family friendly.

All Roads Lead Home is different. It is a wonderful film that manages to be sad, happy, funny, touching, and uplifting all at once. I won't go into to too many details as I don't want to ruin the story, but the message is simple, every living thing deserves a chance.

The movie also deals with death and dying which in my opinion is a positive. It shows that death is a part of life, it isn't glossed over but it also is shown morbidly or overly traumatic.

All in all it is a great film that I highly recommend...it will make you cry, make you laugh, make you think and most importantly if you watch it with children, make you talk. There are a ton of discussion topics that are dealt with in a positive way and I think that is both important and not something we see a lot of in 'family films.' See this movie.