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A Dogs Purpose
The movie shares the soulful and surprising story of a reincarnated canine that keeps reuniting with its original owner over the course of five decades. It teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.
1954, Canada
14 November 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
18 April 1990, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
24 August 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
15 August 1961, Canada
11 December 1967, Sydney, Australia
April 04, 2017
So, you too take inspiration for the sentient doggy and ignore the gaping holes in the film's own logic and choose to swim against the torrid current of reason (much like that poor dog).
March 09, 2017
As any film aimed at children but potentially traumatizing for them might be, "A Dog's Purpose" is at odds with itself, straining to balance the levity of poop jokes with the tragedy of loss.
January 27, 2017
A manipulative script about dog reincarnation that whacks your emotions like a piñata - that's forgivable. But no mercy for a film charged with canine abuse behind the scenes. It shouldn't happen to a dog.
February 17, 2017
A Dog's Purpose will find a great Hallmark Channel following among folks who refer to their pets as their children and mean it.
April 04, 2017
The climatic shenanigans give rise to full-blown schmaltz when the retriever starts to play matchmaker in order to reunite his first master (Dennis Quaid) with his former girlfriend.
March 01, 2017
The director's gorgeous images go some way towards making that message go down easier. But that is where his restraint ends.
January 30, 2017
By the end, I was worn out by all the selfless devotion, all the joyous running across meadows and wheat fields while the camera soars as high as a dog's love for his human.
March 09, 2017
A Dog's Purpose, is as sugary, moving and even awkward as they come.
January 27, 2017
Whatever a dog's purpose might be, the movie's purpose is clear: to make you smile and say, "Awww." Woof.
January 30, 2017
A peculiar kibble of vignettes, wrapping reincarnation and life lessons together in a sappy Hallmark Channel-style doggy sweater.
February 02, 2017
All the emotional resonance of a dog-themed novelty coffee-table book.
January 29, 2017
"A Dog's Purpose" left me cherishing my borderline-venerable Skeezix; longing to see Scamp and Fluff and Sukoshi and Sally, the dear departed dogs of my life; and wishing I could have been reincarnated as a better master than I was.