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My Dog Skip
Warner Bros.
FILM:
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Willie Morris (book)
Gail Gilchriest
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jay Russell
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 11, 2000
Video: July 11, 2000
Theatrical: January 12, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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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.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
It works because it never tries to be more than the very personal memory piece it is.

80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
I had to beg my 8-year-old to stop laughing.

75
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Romantically nostalgic, a love letter to growing up in simpler times.

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.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Though its sentiment may be lost on the very young, the movie is strictly two-hanky fare.

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.

75
Chicago Tribune
Monica Eng
A film that proves even the tiredest genre can be reinvigorated in the right hands.

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.

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.

70
LA Weekly
Nicole Campos
Adds to the current crop of great kids' fare with a most-welcome old reliable.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Ty Burr
A serviceable time-passer for kids, grandparents, and poochophiles.

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.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It's gently funny, modestly scary in spots, full of valuable but low-key observations about life.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Grows on you like kudzu.

60
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Particularly unsuitable for cinematic adaptation, but when has that ever stopped anyone.

60
TNT RoughCut
Bill McLochlin
I wasn't the only one crying in the theatre. Not by a long shot.

60
Variety
Robert Koehler
Superior family entertainment.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Certainly there are people who will welcome this kind of "wholesome" family entertainment, but it feels false.

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.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Feels hokey, generic and dated.

50
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
It plays out like an endless series of scenes we've seen before.

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.

50
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
Works best when it sticks with the gentle humor and pathos of its literary source.

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.

40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Hokey.


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