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  • 2016
  • PG
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected “puppy mill” run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway. Sar...

Directed By: Alex Ranarivelo

  • 2016
  • PG
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • SP Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m

The Dog Lover

Metascore Generally Unfavorable
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Summary Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected “puppy mill” run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway. Sar...

Directed By: Alex Ranarivelo

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Jul 7, 2016
It’s a prosaic piece of muckraking, shot in a functional flat visual style, but it grazes a nerve.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
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Jul 8, 2016
The movie is shamelessly manipulative on several levels, and the cast members do their respective bits effectively.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
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Jul 10, 2016
Under the stilted direction of Alex Ranarivelo, it's all as clunkily melodramatic as it sounds, with the climactic trial sequences proving particularly slow going.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Jul 7, 2016
The film’s prevailing theme may be that nothing is black and white, but the execution, with its strident lobbyists, salt-of-the-earth farmers and onscreen admonition to “investigate before you donate,” proves spottier than a kennel full of caged Dalmatians.
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Production Company ESX Entertainment, ESX Productions
Release Date Jul 8, 2016
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG
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Tagline She ended up on the wrong side of right.
Website http://www.thedoglovermovie.com/
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