Benji - Off the Leash

My grand-daughters age 4 and 5 just love these old Benji movies. They are now a classic must when we are at our mountain house with them.With today's social media and inappropriate tv and movies published, we are glad to have Benji in our home!

Glad I got it for him for Xmas

good movie

Great movie

Another very good movie.

Great family movie

Benji - Off the LeashI'm an adult with no small children at home any more. I always enjoyed the Benji movies years ago and wanted to give them to a friend's grandchildren. I also read reviews. I was surprised by the negative reviews and decided to re-watch this one in particular. Yep, I changed my mind. Even I flinched at the kicking and teared up over the sick dog - and I knew it was just a movie and wasn't real, AND I HAD WATCHED IT BEFORE. Small children should NOT watch this movie even with the parents sitting beside them. I would even caution parents of older children, maybe 10 and up (depending on the maturity level), to watch this with your older children and discuss this movie as it goes along. An older child may see what they could do to protect and prevent puppy mills, irresponsible owners and abuse in their communities. It's never too early to teach kindness to animals. Small children would be heart-broken by the plight of Benji, Scruffy and Daisy. It broke my heart to think of these precious animals having to be rescued. Thank you Joe Camp.

First of all I just want to say that I consider this to be a first class, five star, top notchFamily movie. I don't care what other critics say! I think that Joe Camp has donean excellent job with sticking to his usual old fashioned ways of making movies.Don't let those Hollywood fruits tempt you Joe. You continue to make yourMovies the way you do, and we will continue to watch and admire them.That's as it should be!"Benji off the Leash" is a good example of how the content of Familymovies need to be looked at. I'm pretty sure that "The Polar Express"is too, but I'm going to go see it before I decide on that one.Joe Camp has a good way of showing us that "Some things never change".It's not necessary to always buy into every kind of new eccentric methodof movie and TV content that the world throws at us. It is why The DisneyChannel has thrown out their older programing and is going with morecurrent shows.It would seem that some people don't consider this Benji film to have aHappy ending. One of the reasons is because the boy doesn't keep theDog.It is indeed a happy ending. It's just a different interpretation of a happy ending.Kermit the Frog could have been happy living in the Swamp. Instead he decidedHe would be happier to pursue Hollywood for a chance to make "Millions of PeopleHappy". At the end of this movie the boy decides it would be best for Benji to doThe same thing. I'd call that a better ending, as opposed to him just keeping the dog(a typical ending for a boy and dog film). What a great unselfish act to convey tothe kids!The Plot did jump around a little bit. That can be overlooked however, becauseEverything else about the movie was good. Even though the story doesn'tpresent anything we haven't already seen, why should we let that bore usto death. It's all about detail. Digging deeper than what's on the surface.I Like how Joe used the ending to reflect the reality of what he has accomplishedWith Benji. Benji really did make it big in movies. Most importantly he alsoTraveled the world with Benji, and captured the hearts of Millions.If that's not a good way to end it, then what is? Keeping the Dog? Joe knewBetter then to do that! He took a step further and showed us that a happyEnding is not always done the way we might expect. The same thing isTrue with our everyday lives.That's the way I view it. Keep up the good work Joe!