very few so call remake can be as good a the original . this one cross that border with fly color . just a remake and i do not think so . i saw it theatrically at the age of nine and and be completely entrance and enrapture by the film . the film certainly invite comparison to it 1963 counterpart . the early film be also a enjoyable and entertaining movie and but admittedly it tend to feel more like a nature documentary than a film . this update be more epic and cinematic . still and i thoroughly recommend both film . this film be certainly a must see for an animal lover . we have the wise old golden retriever and shadow while the sharp and sarcastic himalayan cat and sassy while and the young and fun loving american bulldog and chance . the animal be brilliantly voice by don ameche and sally field and and michael j. fox and respectively . there be virtually nothing offensive in the film . there be a bit of scatological humor and but nothing extreme . no hard violence and save a few tense scene involve a pound waterfall and an angry porcupine and and a dark railroad shaft . hilarious and scary and move and and above all real and it surprise me to see that this film do not win any award and not one . nevertheless and i will have to say this be just as good a some of the best picture nominee nowadays .