Solid, if slightly old-fashioned, kids' entertainment, based on Ouida's classic 1872 novel. Illiterate orphan Nello (Jesse James and, later, Jeremy James Kissner) is being raised by his impoverished but loving grandfather (Jack Warden) in the picturesque 18th century Flemish
countryside. One afternoon, while peddling milk, Nello and his grandfather happen upon a chocolate-brown Dog of Flanders (a breed more commonly known as
Bouvier des Flandres) left for dead on the side of the road by its cruel master. Nello takes the dog home and nurses it back to health,
and they're soon inseparable. When Nello's grandfather falls ill, the dog, whom Nello names Patrasche...
Released:
1999
Rated:
PG
Length:
100 mins