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My Dog Skip
Warner Bros.


8.4

based on 26 reviews
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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
WRITTEN BY:	Willie Morris (book) Gail Gilchriest
DIRECTED BY:	Jay Russell
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: July 11, 2000 Video: July 11, 2000 Theatrical: January 12, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	95 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

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

Washington Post Desson Thomson

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

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

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

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.

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

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

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.

Chicago Tribune Monica Eng

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

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.

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.

LA Weekly Nicole Campos

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

Entertainment Weekly Ty Burr

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

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.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

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

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Grows on you like kudzu.

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

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

TNT RoughCut Bill McLochlin

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

Variety Robert Koehler

Superior family entertainment.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

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

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.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Feels hokey, generic and dated.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

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

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.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

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

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.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Hokey.

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.

My Dog Skip Warner Bros.

My Dog Skip
Warner Bros.