Film · Mulberry Square · 1974
Benji
59Watch it awake.
Leave it on for the kids. The dog is the one doing the finding.
Pass it on
The review
If the kids are hovering, this is the one I would leave on. A stray in a Texas town lives on scraps and spare affection. Two children are kidnapped. The grown-ups are slow, and the dog does the finding. Simple on purpose. A child can watch it. The simplicity is the dog's loyalty, not a twist waiting later.
I would not paste a lesson onto the credits. It is a small animal that does not quit. Let them love that. If they ask why the adults didn't get there first, answer straight. That is the useful part.
Journal
Keep Benji in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 59. Yours can differ.
The glance
Piety and Republic are the thin ones.
Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
71 instead of 59
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is still a family film, and it scores 71 instead of 59. What you gain is household: Grandparents in one bed, a mother, a boy who brings the paycheck home.
The eight
- 6Industry
The finding is the dog's work, because the adults in town are slow.
- 6Household
Two children are the lives at stake, not a joke the plot steps over.
- 3Piety
Loyalty is the dog's whole character. Nobody's conscience gets a scene.
- 7Courage
A stray with no home goes after the children while the town lags.
- 4Republic
The town fails the kids, and a dog supplies what neighbors didn't.
- 7Temperance
It stays small. Nobody is training you to want a louder rescue.
- 7Truth
The loyalty stays simple, and the dog is never dressed up as a person.
- 7Stewardship
A child can watch it, and what remains is a picture of not quitting.
Where to watch
Finding the page.
Live Historic · Benji · 59IMDb
