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Peter Strauss, Jean Smart, Wil Horneff, Jarred Blanchard, Philip Seymour Hoffman ... see more see more... , Nancy Moore Atchison , Ed Grady , Brad Greenquist , Richard Hamilton , Mary Nell Santacroce , Scott Sowers

This moving made-for-TV movie is a faithful rendition of Marjorie Kinan Rawling's timeless coming-of-age tale in which a boy living a hardscrabble life with his family in a Florida swamp must grow-up ... read more read more...and face his responsibilities after he befriends an orphaned fawn. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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Directed by: Rod Hardy

Release Date: April 24, 1994

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Steve Rhodes
January 1, 2000
Steve Rhodes, Internet Reviews

Unfortunately the story, a relatively disconnected series of incidents none of which are particularly compelling, works only in brief spurts. Full Review

Drew Voros
March 26, 2009
Drew Voros, Variety

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