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A Dog of Flanders
Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
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  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jane Horowitz
    80
    A beautiful, sad, spiritual story with joy and delicacy, visual chops and emotional depth.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    75
    It was the adult in me that wept when the movie ended. Take the kid and have a good time.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Rod Dreher
    63
    A film that parents can confidently and with pleasure take their little ones to see - but which is not quite a good movie.
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  4. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Milton Kent
    63
    As subtle as a cinder block crashing on your head.
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  5. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    Somehow the elements do not add up to by anything especially memorable.
  6. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    54
    Whenever Voight steps to the forefront, A Dog of Flanders is poochy-keen; alas, the rest of the time it's doggedly dull.
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  7. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    50
    Two of its youthful actors, although adorable, are not skilled enogh to carry their parts.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    50
    There are times when watching this film is like a near-death experience.
  9. Film.com
    Reviewed by: John Hartl
    50
    It can be treacly -- but in a crude way, it makes its point.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    40
    This is a movie for younger children -- they won't notice that the children deliver their lines with all the conviction of an airline flight boarding announcement.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    Difficult to swallow.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    40
    This Dog won't hunt. Although well crafted and handsomely mounted, pic lacks sufficient sizzle.
  13. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    A mongrel of a movie.
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  14. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Anlee Ellingson
    30
    Brodie assembles a grab bag of themes formulaic to films about poverty.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Sean Means
    30
    Limp direction, laughable production values, accent-heaving acting and dialogue and more lumps than three-day-old oatmeal.
  16. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Cate McQuade
    25
    What a disaster -- a dog.
  17. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    25
    If you've been longing to see the worst family entertainment of 1966, A Dog of Flanders may be the movie for you.
  18. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    20
    Full of meaningless tragedies left unjustified by the absurdly optimistic ending .. (an) intolerable story.
  19. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: Bill McLochlin
    15
    There were only two other people in the theater where I saw it, and they left within the first 10 minutes. I should have followed them out.
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