#A DOGS PURPOSE GOOD DOCS MOVIE#

I saw this with a focus group and all 6 of us thought it was a 9 or 10, not one person did not like it.

#A DOGS PURPOSE GOOD DOCS MOVIE#

In truth if you were to rate this on the quality and beauty of the movie and only for that reason, it would most likely receive ratings between 8- 10. This is not a rating on the movie though, it is more of an objection to it. This movie has an IMDb rating that is extremely low because of fear that the dog in the 'k-9 unit' scene was hurt. This movie will have you crying at least 4 different times, laughing, happy and remembering all of YOUR dogs/pets you've ever owned. Because it is seriously the most incredible, heartwarming, lovely movie and all the dog's are beautiful. If you see a bad review, most likely they were objecting to that video and not the story or the movie. He goes through 4 different reincarnated 'lives' of various types of dogs, until he ends up finding the boy (now a man) who he was with in his first 'life', thus ending with his analysis on what his purpose is. But ultimately it's the Bailey-Ethan bond that's most meaningful for this particular dog, and the way they find their way back to each other again is likely to leave you sniffling.*Spoiler alert* This movie is about a dog who is trying to figure out why he exists. Maya is lonely, and, thanks to her cute little dog falling for a much larger dog in the park, she finds love with her classmate. There are occasional heavy themes, but there's laughter, too, and one 'life' is quick and happy - when the dog is a little pooch that belongs to pizza-loving, fast-talking graduate student Maya (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). Although the dog lives several lifetimes, it's Bailey that resonates the most (Apa is perfectly cast as a high-school football star whose dog is his best friend). Gad's voice is gentle and clear as all the various incarnations. faked).Īll of that aside, the story exalts the relationship between dogs and their humans. Instead, all the buzz was about a viral video that allegedly depicted on-set abuse toward the movie's animal actors - a video that was later proven to have been purposely edited in a misleading way (i.e. But because of a behind-the-scenes animal-abuse controversy, word of mouth leading up to the release of A Dog's Purpose wasn't about Gad's touching voice performance or the movie's alternately adorable and heartbreaking storylines.

To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.ĭirector Lasse Hallstrom specializes in emotional, feel-good fare that can make audiences cry, and this tearjerking drama is no exception. Before the movie's release, a controversy emerged about whether the animal performers were mistreated on the set an investigation proved that the video was edited in a misleading manner. Look for clear messages about empathy and the importance of companionship, both human and animal. Strong language is infrequent (but includes 's-t'), and couples don't do much more than kiss. There are some violent/upsetting scenes: An alcoholic, abusive father pushes his wife and son a man kidnaps a girl, threatens her, throws her in the water, and shoots at a police officer and his dog a neglectful dog owner keeps his dog chained and then purposely lets him go astray and a fire causes a catastrophic injury for a young man. Bruce Cameron's 2010 novel about a dog (voiced by Josh Gad) that's reincarnated several times from the 1950s through the 2000s (the dog keeps its memories/personality, despite being different breeds and genders).

Parents need to know that A Dog's Purpose is an emotional drama based on W.

A dogs purpose good docs