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The Three Lives of Thomasina Reviews
A Child's Love and a Father's Regret
I saw The Three Lives of Thomasina for the first time at age seven and have loved it ever since. Perhaps in today's flashy special effects world this movie is "boring," but it is full of rich characterizations, especially McGoohan's Andrew McDhui, a man hardened not only by the death of his wife, but by being forced into a profession he thought was demeaning. It is a rich psychological portrait of both the man and his daughter, whose realities are mixed after the untimely events surrounding the injury of her cat. Disney changed the modern setting of the original novel and made it a 1912 period piece, which is beautifully set. Karen Dotrice is wonderful as the troubled Mary, and Disney regulars Vincent Winter, Denis Gilmore (both were also in the television movie The Horse Without a Head), and Matthew Garber memorable and often amusing as her friends. Note: please don't judge the film by the saccharine DVD cover with Mary having dressed the cat up in doll clothes. This is a scene that lasts a minute or two; the film is much more than that: about life, death, and love overcoming the latter.
Three Lives of Thomasina
This has got to be one of my most cherished movies from my childhood. Don't miss it!
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