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Rent Secondhand Lions (2003)

For 14-year old Walter (Haley Joel Osment), the thought of spending summer with his two crazy old great uncles on their farm in rural Texas fills him with dread. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCann (Robert Duvall and Michael Caine) are rumoured to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and war criminals in their younger days. However this summer Walter finds the truth of how the two unlikely heroes lived an adventure most people only dream of.

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An entertaining family film with a great story

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Robert Duvall and Michael Caine play a pair of cantankerous old brothers living in Texas, who are forced to provide a place to stay for their young nephew Walter over the course of one summer. They don't know how to treat a young boy, and he too is initially intimidated by their bizarre habits, such as shooting at travelling salesmen. Gradually, bonds of trust and love are forged, the two Uncles share outrageous tales of their past exploits with their young nephew, and the main mystery within the film is whether the larger than life stories of heroic deeds in exotic lands that the two uncles tell are really true. It's a great story that captures the innocent enthusiasm of youth and the regrets of old age, showing how the young can learn from the old, and vice versa.