Rating of
3/4
A Girl and Her Dog... Sort of
Unknown - wrote on 01/13/16
This 'girl-and-her-dog' story evolves into a substantial emotional investing journey of one canine's loss of ownership, abuse, and eventual retribution. There are some hard scenes depicting animal abuse that look fairly realistic, but are done tastefully. I found it to work more effectively than any other animal centered story, if not just for the excellent training of the dogs. These are some of the best animal performances I've seen in any movie. Some would find the events of the third act more fitting to a half comedic B-horor film. However, they don't come off that way. It's a fantasy turn that I didn't mind as much due to my strong investments with the girl and dog, but it did feel strange at the same time. The final scene almost makes up for it, though. It has a nice combination of man and beast relations with a tiny bit of thoughtful ambiguity.
