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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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A Dog's Purpose
Quote: A Dog's Purpose is an upcoming American comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Cameron. The film stars Britt Robertson, K. J. Apa, John Ortiz, Dennis Quaid and Josh Gad. Universal Pictures has scheduled the film for release on January 27, 2017.
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
a dog's purpose is to die, apparently
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nghtvsn
Extraordinary
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:13 pm Posts: 11015 Location: Warren Theatre Oklahoma
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
A DOGS PURPOSE
I enjoyed the film. I think anyone who's had a pet would like the film. I liked the cast. After the first super cry moment they hit you again with another moment fairly soon after the first. That was the only one that felt a bit over the top but I enjoyed how the film came back full circle in the end.
Grade - B
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67039
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
They should have that TMZ clip playing over the end credits.
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
I broke down and saw it. Very nice tribute to the wonderfulness of dogs. I cried, but I fully expected to considering I just lost my dog of 14 years before Christmas . I'd give it a B+.
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Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:03 am |
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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
A Dog's Purpose didn't work for me. You know it's going to be manipulative, but did it have to be so so heavy handed? This is a story that needed to be told with finesse, and with better pov narration. This is strictly for faithful fans of Reader's Digest dog stories. *D*
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Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:58 pm |
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 18876 Location: San Diego
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
... I actually quite enjoyed this lol. Feels like something that would've been made in the 90's.
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Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:50 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67039
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A Dog's Purpose
Ok, so it's difficult to be harsh about a film as well-intended as A Dog's Purpose, but besides a few charming elements, it is bad film-making. It's one of those films that doesn't believe in people being happy unless they're smiling all of the time. In the first act where it's Ethan and "Bailey Bailey Bailey Bailey Bailey" (lol), the smiles and laughing are overbearingly annoying. The dad is a miserable drunk. The mother is oh so perfect. The boy and the dog have the type of relationship that you see in cartoons. It's the idealistic 50s. I couldn't stand the bad acting throughout the film. The cop. The black couple. Ethan young. Ethan teen. The mother. The father. ESPECIALLY the father. The dogs outshine them all. And each segment feels rushed and disposable. The first segment is so utterly obvious. He breaks his foot so loses his Michigan State scholarship (and because I've seen the trailer) eventually winds up being Dennis Quaid.
The film has a few touching moments, and the last segment is the most interesting because of Dennis Quaid. The likeness to his teen counterpart is uncanny. Josh Gad's doggie voice-over is the only thing in the film that truly works. It is funny. It could have been funnier, however it was regularly bringing me chuckles. The film feels around 45 minutes long, which felt rushed. A story of this length (which is, as I could tell, told over the span of 55 years) should be way longer than 100 minutes. There are lots of cute shots of puppies and dogs doing funny things, which is nice but since I've never owned a dog I didn't react as emotionally as I should have. Unfortunately bad acting and bad storytelling plague this otherwise innocent, cute film.
C-
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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Algren wrote: since I've never owned a dog I didn't react as emotionally as I should have. My condolences.
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36923
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
This was BAD in terms of movie making but there is a great undelying story here which could have been done better here. The final act and romance is just too quick and the purpose which the movie wants to fulfill is finished in about 10 minutes. The side stories are much better but the main story is just weak (even though I knew what I was going in) and poorly acted overall. They really needed to put more effort into the end.
3/10.
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Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:18 am |
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20345 Location: Where they shot Knock at the Cabin
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
This was very enjoyable. Funny and cute.
B+
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Fri Sep 15, 2017 5:39 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
As cute as this was, this year's Megan Leavey does the dog movie better and in less hokey fashion.
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i.hope
Defeats all expectations
Joined: Fri May 26, 2006 5:04 pm Posts: 6665
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
The writing and Josh Gad's narration make the furry lead character look like a doll/AI robot rather than a spiritual and lively animal. The movie also lacks a coherent theme to tie the whole journey together. Really disappointing project coming from Lasse Hallström after the emotional gem Hachi: A Dog's Tale.
- 61/100 (C)
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tree and a half
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:38 am Posts: 2084
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
i.hope wrote: Really disappointing project coming from Lasse Hallström after the emotional gem Hachi: A Dog's Tale. Not to mention another emotional gem by Hallström: My Life As A Dog.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11204 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
This quite caught me by surprise about how bad it ended up to be. The human parts are just so terribly written, without any depth and cliched. Also I quite disliked Gadd as the voice of the dog so that didn't help. Dennis Quaid is cool, and having dogs on the screen is cute, but it just feels too manufactured and not pleasant to watch. While I love dogs and have one myself I couldn't get invested in this.
Tree is completely on point that this especially feels disappointing as Hallstrom made the really good Hachi before.
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nghtvsn
Extraordinary
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:13 pm Posts: 11015 Location: Warren Theatre Oklahoma
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Re: A Dog's Purpose
Magic Mike wrote: I broke down and saw it. Very nice tribute to the wonderfulness of dogs. I cried, but I fully expected to considering I just lost my dog of 14 years before Christmas . I'd give it a B+. Sorry to hear that Mike
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