This film’s goal was similar to that of one of my favorite films, The 400 Blows. What occurred, however, was a failed attempt at art house and a film lacking the emotional touch it desperately strived towards.
My Life as a Dog follows a boy who is rejected from his sick mother and ends up living with is fun but dirty uncle who slowly ruins his innocence.
There were definitely some powerful parts in this movie and enough humor to bring us through all the way. Yet, there was something about it that didn’t get to my soft place. The constant cutaways to a voiceover about Laika the space dog while we looked at outer space didn’t help its cause, either (don’t ask).
Very interesting, and without a doubt a good film, but not as touching as it could have been.
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