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My Dog Skip

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My Dog Skip reviews
61
8.4 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 26 critic reviews
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Based on 13 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Willie Morris (book)
Gail Gilchriest

Directed by: Jay Russell

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 12, 2000
DVD: July 11, 2000

Running Time: 95 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG for some violent content and mild language

Starring Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Bradley Coryell, Daylan Honeycutt, Cody Linley, and Clint Howard

This is the story of a boy and his beloved dog in 1940s Mississippi.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

This is a sweet, gentle film - slow and sunny like a summer day, with a message that growing up can be hard, but can also serve as the wellspring of memories that will sustain you for a lifetime.

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83

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

It works because it never tries to be more than the very personal memory piece it is.

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80

Washington Post Desson Thomson

I had to beg my 8-year-old to stop laughing.

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75

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Romantically nostalgic, a love letter to growing up in simpler times.

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75

Boston Globe Bruce McCabe

The film's vintage setting is as much a character as any other. Some of the best moments evoke the best parts of easygoing small town life in a bygone era.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

Though its sentiment may be lost on the very young, the movie is strictly two-hanky fare.

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75

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

A family movie with a heart and a brain. And if you aren't moved to tears, you might need an organ transplant.

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75

Chicago Tribune Monica Eng

A film that proves even the tiredest genre can be reinvigorated in the right hands.

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A movie like this falls outside ordinary critical language. Is it good or bad? Is there too much melodrama? I don't have any idea. It triggered too many thoughts of my own for me to have much attention left over for footnotes.

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70

Film.com Sean Means

But it's the boy and the dog who make My Dog Skip resonate. The formula may be an old one, but it's still a good one.

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70

LA Weekly Nicole Campos

Adds to the current crop of great kids' fare with a most-welcome old reliable.

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67

Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr

A serviceable time-passer for kids, grandparents, and poochophiles.

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67

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

Atmospheric and genial, and you've got to love the spectacle of a dog driving a car or parading around town like the unofficial mayor.

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63

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

It's gently funny, modestly scary in spots, full of valuable but low-key observations about life.

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63

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Grows on you like kudzu.

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60

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Particularly unsuitable for cinematic adaptation, but when has that ever stopped anyone.

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60

TNT RoughCut Bill McLochlin

I wasn't the only one crying in the theatre. Not by a long shot.

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60

Variety Robert Koehler

Superior family entertainment.

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50

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Certainly there are people who will welcome this kind of "wholesome" family entertainment, but it feels false.

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50

Austin Chronicle Robert Faires

A sweet, sweet movie; it's just one that celebrates the bond between a boy and his dog with heart and a heavy, handy hand.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Feels hokey, generic and dated.

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50

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

It plays out like an endless series of scenes we've seen before.

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50

Miami Herald Christine Dolan

A slice of '40s-vintage, small town Mississippi life, full of laughs and sweetness and a sorrow that may send more sensitive little ones home crying.

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50

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Works best when it sticks with the gentle humor and pathos of its literary source.

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A standard-issue Hollywood family film about a boy and his dog growing up in a Southern small town during World War II.

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40

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Hokey.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Christina L gave it a10:
I liked the movie a lot it got to me.

Greg D. gave it a10:
Great family movie!

Danny W. gave it a 10:
I laughed, I cried, I loved it!

Yoon C. gave it a 9:
A finely realized, sensitive, and thoughtful movie about growing up. Its sentimentality is sweet without being saccharine, its childhood nostalgia is gold-tinged without sappiness. It has wonderful performances by kids and adults alike and that dog deserved the oscar for best performance by a canine. A convincing re-creation of a bygone era as well.

Andrew G. gave it a 10:
I'm not usually like this but I'm realy sad after i saw this movie because i felt sorry for skip when willie left because he got really lonely.

Henry D. gave it a 10:
Hardly a kids' flick. Non-lovers of dogs won't get it. Young adults won't understand the nostalgia. Moose & Enzo are great.

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