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Born Free (1966)

Drama | 95 minutes
3,38 65 votes

Genre: Drama / Family

Duration: 95 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: James Hill

Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers and Geoffrey Keen

IMDb score: 7,2 (7.455)

Releasedate: 20 April 1966

Born Free plot

"From The Pages Of The Beloved Best Seller... A Motion Picture To Delight All The World!"

Born Free is about British couple Joy and George Adamson. They have settled in Kenya, surrounded by wildlife. One day, they come to the rescue of a helpless lion cub. They take him with them and take care of him lovingly. What should they do with the beast? Give back to Mother Nature or move him to a prison called a zoo? They choose the first option. But how do you prepare such a cat for an independent life?

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Born Free is a beautiful movie.

This film is about a couple who take care of a lion cub. This guarantees a lot of cute and entertaining scenes. It sometimes seems that we are dealing with a dog instead of a lion. As a viewer you really feel for the lion. I enjoyed the beautiful love full scenes.

I found the story a bit unbelievable. But when I saw the credits, I saw that this is a true story. And this fact actually only makes the film more beautiful. That the couple actually managed to let that lion live in the wild is unbelievable.

We also get to see beautiful shots of the environment. As a nature lover, I never got bored with this film. The music for this film is by John Barry. I really liked his music for this movie. The music goes well with the images. The title song at the end of the film, sung by Matt Monro, was also a very nice song.


What is a little less about this film is the acting. That's not good for this movie. The couple that is central to the film does not actually come across as a married couple at all. I especially thought Virginia McKenna was very bad acting. The only one who still acts reasonably is Geoffrey Keen.

All in all, I think Bron Free is a beautiful film. Beautiful images of the area. Beautiful, entertaining and loving scenes with the young lion Elsa and beautiful music by John Barry. Too bad about the acting, but otherwise I thought this was a successful film.

3.5 stars for this movie.

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Noodless

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Beautiful nature shots in Africa combined with a heartwarming story about a lioness and the fun title song Born Free. What else do you want ? Nice film based on true facts, although the story seems implausible at a certain point when the couple does everything they can to let the lioness live in the wild because she cannot hunt and does not know the dangers. When she comes back beaten up twice, the couple also starts to have doubts. Apparently the story would be correct, which only makes the story more magical. 7/10

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All a bit sentimental and naive. Star of the film is of course the lion Elsa. There are certainly very nice images of the young lion's nest slowly growing up and towards the end it is also quite okay when they decide that Elsa has to go wild again. I'm less impressed with the couple themselves. Kind of the kind of nature where we expect Walt Disney at any moment. I think children will find this really a very nice exciting film. If you see it early enough, this can also be a very nice take-me-back-to-my-youth movie. I'm afraid I'm a bit too wild now.

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