Born Free

Born Free

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

Directed by James Hill

Produced by High Road, Open Road Films UK

196695 min6.8 / 10

A heartwarming family adventure about a couple's bond with an orphaned lion cub and their struggle to give her freedom in the African wilderness.

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

Questions people ask

  • Does Born Free end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.

  • Is Born Free easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Born Free scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Born Free violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

  • Is Born Free sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Love60

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