Secondhand Lions was the outing of 2003 that got great reviews from the critics and emerged as a good product at the box office by making handsome business there.

Written and directed by Tim McCanlies, the movie talks about the saga of an introverted young man (Haley Joel Osment), who is sent to reside with his eccentric uncles (Robert Duvall and Michael Caine) living on a farm in the U.S. State of Texas.

Set in the summer of 1962, the 14 years old Walter Coleman (Haley Joel Osment) is taken by his fortune hunting mom, Mae (Kyra Sedqwick) to live with his bachelor uncles, who have a secret fortune. What forms the story next is what that is much enticing and alluring.

The film opened to good business all over. Secondhand Lions received rave reviews from the film analysts. The prominent film critic James Berardinelli uttered, “Despite flaws that are (for the most part) easily overlooked, this film has enough charm and whimsy to capture the attention and imagination of children and parents alike.”

Stephen Holden of The New York Times said the film “may be pure hokum, but at least it knows how to spin a yarn.”

Secondhand Lions made collections of $42,070,939 in North America and $5,831,627 for the rest of the world making the total $47,902,566 worldwide.

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