Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

My daughter is 13. She wants to get a dog. We were talking about that tonight, and somehow the conversation got around to what we would name the dog if we got one. And the name "Benji" came up in the discussion. I told her about the movie of the same name and looked up the theme song on You Tube and played it for her. Then - a brainstorm. I bet the movie is on Netflix! Sure enough it was. Did she want to watch it? Yes! So my wife and daughter and I sat down and watched "Benji." What a nostalgia trip! I saw this movie way back when it came out. There has never been a cuter dog in the movies than Benji, and there has never been a better family movie than "Benji." It's funny (and just plain fun), it's heartwarming, it's romantic in a weird sort of way - after Benji meets Tiffany, it's kind of sad. It's all of that and jumbled together and it ends exactly as you know it's going to end. It's a great movie.Benji, of course, is a stray. His story (of how he became a stray) does finally come out in a flashback during the movie. He lives in an abandoned house, and every day he travels around the neighbourhood, meeting up with a variety of people he's made friends with - including two little kids who have a dad who doesn't want a dog. Suffice to say that ultimately the two little kids get kidnapped and it's Benji who has to come to the rescue, with happy results all around.It's sometimes a bit too sappy, and the acting (from the humans) isn't that great - but there truly has never been a better family movie made, and it includes a theme song (the wonderfully feel-good "I Feel Love," by Charlie Rich) that will not leave your head for days after you hear it. Watching this brought back only the best memories of my own childhood. I saw it at a time when I desperately wanted a dog but couldn't have one. Now I've come full circle. My daughter wants a dog. After watching this I think we're one step closer to getting one. (9/10)

Why do adults come onto IMDb and crucify children's movies with their sickening reviews as if they're stupidly comparing these children's movies with adult movies?Oh, yes...it's because they're "STUPID!!"This is a children's movie about a sweet little dog...but, dingleberries title their stupid and negative reviews with:"Arf! Arf! Benji Is Strictly For The Fire Hydrant;""Best Viewed Under Sedation;""Pretty dreadful--but kids might like it;""BENJI is Bad;""Benji (The Movie) Bites Big-Time."These movie reviews were written by brain-dead adults who're never slowed-down by thinking; and/or, not remembering (not knowing) that this movie is for "children!" One clown even mentioned "kids might like it"...but, was too stupid to realize what he was writing, or, writing about...A KID"S MOVIE!Why are these adults even here reviewing this movie!?!? They mustn't have children of their own...or, they must be sedated; making love to a fire hydrant; and/or, making stupid statements like 'kids might like it!?!?' No kidding...REALLY!?!? As I wrote, they're likely sickos who have no children!?!? Who'd reproduce with a moron who hates "Benji?"It's a kid's movie, you DOPES!Maybe these adults' lives are so boring that they have nothing better to do than tear-up a good kid's movie!?!?"Pretty dreadful--but kids might like it" says it all for the kinds of pathetic adults who see the world through psycho-vision and never once stop to see anything or anyone at all...especially, children!Lovely adults writing sweet reviews on a children's movie..."NOT!" These reviewers are the fate of America...PROBABLY...but, I hope not! :(I saw this movie as a child, and, I showed it to my child, and...we agree! "Benji" is a great movie! :)

If Wayne Malin is correct, I have to be either a little kid or a dog lover. Busted! I plead guilty to both counts. I loved the movie, even the slow-motion idyllic relationship-building of Benji and Tiffany. But the theme-song nominated for Best Song at Oscars? That's pretty incredible. Did I think it reasonable that the inept kidnappers took the children to the very (abandoned)house Benji lived in -- no, but give me a break, it's a children's movie! And a charming one at that! Kid's are not always that discriminating.I missed the movie all those years, finally seeing it on TV. I've been trying to identify the breed of our little dog that was dumped in front of a neighbor's house last year. She looks a lot like Tiffany, Benji's girl-friend. Does anyone know what breed she was? I'm devastated to learn that Frank Inn, the trainer, died four years ago. Wonderful job, Frank! Thank you for a charming, heart-warming story!

This adorable dog (called various names during the film) is seemingly loved by the whole town...but he's alone. He is friends with two children (Cindy and Paul played astonishingly bad) but their father won't let them have a dog. Then Benji meets Tiffany--ANOTHER adorable dog. They (instantly) fall in love and it leads to a hysterical montage of the two of them frolicking in the grass, drinking from a fountain...in slow motion no less! Also Benji lives in the cleanest abandoned house I've ever seen. Then the two kids are kidnapped by the most inept, unfunniest kidnappers I've ever seen and--wouldn't you know it--they hide the brats in the exact house Benji lives in! WOW was this bad! A huge hit (for some reason) in 1974 which led to many sequels (which I will NOT see). The film is just terribly acted with "humor" so unfunny and badly done that you just stare at the TV in amazement. The film also has a song that is played NONSTOP during the movie--so much that you want to scream. It was inexplicably nominated for Best Song at the Oscars--it didn't win. Yeah--the dogs are adorable and much better than the human actors--but I need more than cute dogs to keep me interested.You might think I'm being a little hard on a kids film but I saw it with my 5 year old nephew. Within 20 minutes he was bored silly and basically stopped watching. I kept watching in hope that it would get better--it didn't. Really lousy--but VERY patient kids or dog lovers might like it.Note to parents: It's G rated but a dog is viciously kicked a few times. You don't see it--you just hear it and the dog survives but this might bother real young kids.