The Journey of Natty Gann

SYNOPSIS

Set during the Depression, this Disney road movie is a kind of Homeward Bound: the Incredible Journey with people. Meredith Salenger is so good in the role of the 14-year-old who walks 2,000 miles in search of her lumberjack father that it beggars belief that she hasn't gone on to become a major star. John Cusack did progress to bigger things and he also impresses here, as a drifter convinced the open road is no place for a girl. But when you've got a wolf as a bodyguard... There's plenty of action, but the film scores best for its depiction of the hardships many children were forced to face in the 1930s.