A cute story about a boy that intends to wish he HAD a dog and instead wishes he IS a dog. The story is not spectacular beyond that but certainly is entertaining within the concept. Obviously the boy encounters many adventures as a dog in his attempt to return to being a boy. He desperately wants to be a boy in time for Christmas.
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Reminds me of a film I seen before
lisafordeay11 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This happened to be on TV tonight and decided to watch the first half of the movie.
The story is about a young boy named Tim who wants a dog for Christmas. But his parents say no and he is somewhat angry about it. He later meets a strange man who Tim mentions that he wants a dog. The next day Tim finds that he is now a German Shepherd and has to try and become a human again.
Parts of this reminds me of the 1995 underrated drama Fletch starring Matthew Motive and Nancy Meyers where a man is killed and becomes a dog.
The premise to this film A Dogs Tale is just silly and stupid. The narrator sounds NOTHING like the boy Tim,he sounded like someone that would be in a kids tv show saying where is this,where is that he just came across as annoying.
For an animal lover like myself do yourselves a favour and skip it. It's pretty bad. I turned it off at the 1 hour mark as I knew how it was going to end.
The story is about a young boy named Tim who wants a dog for Christmas. But his parents say no and he is somewhat angry about it. He later meets a strange man who Tim mentions that he wants a dog. The next day Tim finds that he is now a German Shepherd and has to try and become a human again.
Parts of this reminds me of the 1995 underrated drama Fletch starring Matthew Motive and Nancy Meyers where a man is killed and becomes a dog.
The premise to this film A Dogs Tale is just silly and stupid. The narrator sounds NOTHING like the boy Tim,he sounded like someone that would be in a kids tv show saying where is this,where is that he just came across as annoying.
For an animal lover like myself do yourselves a favour and skip it. It's pretty bad. I turned it off at the 1 hour mark as I knew how it was going to end.
Fine film fantasy for family fun
herbqedi6 April 2003
Little boy's wish to have dog goes awry when he gets turned into a German Shepherd. He gets to experience life as a dog for the longest 12 days of his life, and gets a dogs-eye view of life. The humans are just plot contrivances, but enjoyable ones, particularly Gordon Jump as the Wizard-of-Oz-like "Professor." Anne Lockhart and David Bowe are appropriately befuddles as Tim's parents, and the young actress playing Haley is simply adorable. Altogether, this is a simple, but addictive, family film.
Good film for family fun
denisuuwillloverobloxforever27 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
It's good, the comedy was good, same goes for the action and drama, the whole wolf, bear and skunk thing was pretty boring though (in my opinion), the fake death of the golder retriever (I already forgot his name) was weird, the movie made us think he was actually dead, and how did Casey (Tim's dog version, which is a German Shepherd) think he wasn't breathing? It should be very obvious if a dog is breathing. And the Professor wishing the cop was a pig was a weird decision, I thought he was gonna wish for him to be a dog to know how Tim was feeling, but eh a pig works too I guess. Some things I disliked is how Tim didn't think to write in the snow when the Professor was telling Haley about him being a dog, Tim could've wrote in the snow "Hey, It's me Tim" or something like that, but he decided to just stay there, and another thing I disliked is how everything goes perfectly at the end of the movie, no losses, Tim only gets everything he wanted at the end of it all.
Watch the continuity errors at the end
Christmas-Reviewer25 August 2017
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In this film a boy is desperately yearning for a dog for Christmas. So he makes a wish -- but a strange shift in the stars while he's wishing turns him into a dog! Now, he's in for some eye-opening experiences as he sets out to regain his human form.
Not a great film but it has some very good moments. What I found the most entertaining was the continuity errors. At the end there is a seen in the parks that the snow appears and disappears and appears again depending on the camera angle! There is also moments in the film where the dog has walks in the snow but you can see the dog tracks in the snow from obvious previous takes! However I do love the films message.
The main message to me is not "Be Careful what you wish for" but "Be kind to animals".
In this film a boy is desperately yearning for a dog for Christmas. So he makes a wish -- but a strange shift in the stars while he's wishing turns him into a dog! Now, he's in for some eye-opening experiences as he sets out to regain his human form.
Not a great film but it has some very good moments. What I found the most entertaining was the continuity errors. At the end there is a seen in the parks that the snow appears and disappears and appears again depending on the camera angle! There is also moments in the film where the dog has walks in the snow but you can see the dog tracks in the snow from obvious previous takes! However I do love the films message.
The main message to me is not "Be Careful what you wish for" but "Be kind to animals".
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