Tall Tale

I expected some sort of supernatural-type hero story with he likes of Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and Jhn Henry, but this movie was more like a regular adventure. It reminded me, in some respects, of an adventure out West such... Full review

First of all, the casting is perfect. That's the one good thing I can say about this movie. Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, and Roger Aaron Brown make the most of their characters and have great chemistry together. Swayze is particularly... Full review

I thought this movie was excellent for older children and adults. Tall tales are such a large part of our culture and others as well. Sometimes a person has to make a stand to protect his or her way of... Full review

Disney fantasy set in Old West America at the turn of the century: young farm boy, imaginative but unhappy, dreams up Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry when the family farming home is threatened by a slimy land-developer. Derivative story... Full review

Unlike the prior poster, I loved this movie. It is a great family movie that is based on the Tall Tales that many of us learned in literature classes. If you know who Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, or John Henry... Full review

I totally dug this movie when I was a kid (like 7 or 8 or 9 years old). I had it on tape and my sister, cousins, and I watched it all the time. It's certainly no blockbuster or award... Full review

I'm now 18 and this movie remains a favorite of mine. I watch it so much my parents urge me to watch other films.The film takes place in the American West in 1905. A young boy named Daniel Hacket doesn't... Full review

I am only commenting on this "movie" because of previous criticisms listed above. This "film" was never in cinema houses because it was produced as a children's special for HBO. It's really too bad that others can't manage to see... Full review

A well made Family movie in the "Field of Dreams" mold. Instead of baseball legends a boy receives aid from some legends of the Old West-- Pecos Bill (Patrick Swayze), Paul Bunyon (Oliver Platt), John Henry (Roger Allen Brown), and... Full review

Disney has retold (again) the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this time with a male protagonist, Paul Bunyan as the Cowardly Lion, John Henry as the Tin Woodman, and Pecos Bill as the Scarecrow. I saw this movie for the first... Full review

And that's how much I liked ``Tall Tale,'' a children's movie with enough gumption, fire and wit to warm the cockles of an adult heart. The night I saw ``Tall Tale'' was dark and damp, and as the characters, including Bunyan, came to life, I was overcome with nostalgia: My umbrella dripped moisture into my shoes, and my nostrils were filled with the scent of delicious, satisfying pancakes (maybe it was popcorn), with butter melting in pools and syrup swirling hither and yon among the layers. ... Full Review

Phillip Williams | Published April 4, 2003 Sound is one aspect of the film craft which, because of the medium's overwhelming visual bias, is often undernourished-even by experienced moviemakers. ... Full Article

One blond, one black, one hairy: This Mod Squad in buckskin helps thrifty farm folk fight off greedy railroad barons in "Tall Tale," a big blue ox of revisionist crock from Disney. ... Full Article

THE DISNEY studio is notoriously unsteady when it comes to live-action films, but has produced one of its better recent efforts in "Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill." The film is a reasonably entertaining, old-fashioned yarn in which ... Full Article

Watching Tall Tale is like exploring your grandmother's attic. Awash in amber light and shadowy corners and filled to the very rafters with old trunks and books and costumes and knick-knacks, it's an invitation to an afternoon of reverie. ... Full Article

The Disney Studio whipped up this Wild West yarn for kids, who'll cheer for Nick Stahl as young Daniel Hackett, bravely defending his father's homestead against nasty property developers, with Scott Glenn being particularly menacing as their ruthless leader. ... Full Article