Editing Fly Away Home (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Fly Away Home'' returned US$25 million in the U.S. box office and US$11 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $36.5 million.<ref name=numbers/>

===Critical reception===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|88|7.30|48|ref=y|Well-acted and beautifully filmed, ''Fly Away Home'' offers heartwarming entertainment for moviegoers of all ages.|access-date=May 20, 2021}} On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 28 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fly Away Home |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/fly-away-home/ |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

In a review that awarded 3 and 1/2 stars out of 4, [[Roger Ebert]] noted: "There are individual shots here almost worth the price of admission...[including] a stunning shot in which the towers of Baltimore materialize from the mist, and office workers see the little girl and her geese flying past their windows."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=September 13, 1996 |title=Fly Away Home |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fly-away-home-1996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104022421/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19960913%2FREVIEWS%2F609130303%2F1023 |archive-date=2013-01-04 |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] from ''[[The New York Times]]'' was similarly effusive, writing "Mr. Ballard turns a potentially treacly children's film into an exhilarating 90's fable."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1996-09-13 |title=Make Way for Goslings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/13/movies/make-way-for-goslings.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Gene Shalit]] on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' called the film "a must see movie".

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat of ''Spirituality & Practice'' stated, "The movie adds excitement and emotion, turning into a celebration of the creative ways human beings and animals can serve, assist, and love one another."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brussat |first=Frederic and Mary Ann |date=2009 |title=Film review: 'Fly Away Home' |url=https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/3138?id=3138 |access-date=May 9, 2011 |website=spiritualityandpractice.com}}</ref>

=== Impact ===
The first production of investigative theater group [[The Civilians]], ''Canard, Canard, Goose?,'' was inspired by rumors of animal mistreatment on ''Fly Away Home''<nowiki/>'s set.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cote |first=David |date=7 February 2002 |title=Reviews: Canard, Canard, Goose? |url=https://www.thecivilians.org/news_2002_tony.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040629184637/https://www.thecivilians.org/news_2002_tony.html |archive-date=June 29, 2004 |website=Time Out New York}}</ref>