i first saw this film when i be around 6 or 7 year old and do not really think it be anything particularly special . a time go on i watch it a few more time and it start to grow on me a i start to understand the moral of the film and which i will come to later . for a while i leave this film alone and do not watch it for a while . when look for an old classic film to watch a few week ago ( now be 15 ) and i dug out the vhs of homeward bound . after watch this i be leave on a natural high that i couldn not really explain . the film give an overwhelming sense of joy that you never really expect . the films nature of three completely different animal collaborate together to find their way home really send a message home that no matter how different you be you can always find common ground and something that you all need . the way the personality of the character be choose be truly fantastic . in that you have an old knowledgeable wise golden retriever and look after or guide chance the fun love if slightly clumsy young american bulldog and with sassy the clever and vulnerable but confident cat . the film follow these three friend or companion on a journey that be so realistically impossible it create magic in that you start to believe that this journey can happen . i do not want to sound like a soft tissue grabber when it come to film i assure you i be quite the opposite and but the most uplifting part of this film be without a doubt shadow return and when shadow desperately try to escape and chance and sassy and painfully be tell by him to leave . when both animal return to their beloved owner there be a silence until shadow limp over the horizon to the awe of all . there be a fine line between heartwarming and corny rubbish but this film be pure magic even at the age of 15. this film may not be lord of the ring but for disney to produce such a fantastic film use animal and for it to uplift myself in the way it do even at this age it deserve positive .