A lot can happen between lost and found. A Dog's Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey back home after she is separated from her beloved human, Lucas [Jonah Hauer-King].
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Summary A lot can happen between lost and found. A Dog's Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey back home after she is separated from her beloved human, Lucas [Jonah Hauer-King].
This may all sound too shameless and syrupy, but to its credit, A Dog’s Way Home scratches the surface of something I, as a pit bull obsessive, have never seen a “dog movie” do.
Heartwarming, mildly funny, and occasionally thrilling without ever being anything more than just fine.
It's a cliché movie, you already know what's going to happen, but it's a good and emotional movie. The dog looks so cute and sweet.
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For every shameless trick the filmmakers employ to pluck our heartstrings, resonant chords are struck elsewhere, teaching audiences about family, the power of unconditional love, and the ripple effects of compassion.
Dog’s Way Home is aimed at the very young, so don’t expect anything challenging. It moves along but felt limp and kind of lifeless, for all the sentimentality Smith & Co. serve up.
As ridiculous as it gets, and that’s plenty, A Dog’s Way Home manages to serve up a one- to two-hankie finale, depending on the extent of your dog-person-ness.
Some kids may find the whole affair traumatic, particularly when the poor pooch finds herself dehydrated and chained to a corpse in the wilderness. Then again, that’s nothing compared to those same kids’ parents’ recollection of a Disney flick in which a tearful boy must shoot his rabies-inflicted yeller dog in the end. Bless the beasts and the children.
For a movie with so much going on, [not even counting the CGI cougar Bella befriends], A Dog’s Way Home is wildly devoid of meaning or humor.
A kids movie although very cute with an emotional touch. The narrative and the movie pace are just enough to keep you hinged. It’s different from traditional movie and that might be one reason why not many ordinary people might appreciate it at its face value.
I watched this film on "ivi" streaming service on TV and often saw a computer graphic that looks differ than other elements. However, it's good family movie with a little naivety, happy ending and some drama. The end of scene with Acsel and Bella is most dramatic for me in the film
Nothing special, quite predictable and basically watched it just because I like dogs. Probably nice movie for kids which I am not :D
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
C'est l'histoire d'un clébard, non d'une clébarde, enfin, un cabot quoi... non je veux dire une cabote... enfin euh, un quadrupède parmi nos "30 millions d'amis" qui chient partout sur les trottoirs [vive la parité, tout ça]. Et donc surtout en image de synthèse bien bidon et de temps en temps en vrai clebs mais je ne suis pas sûr, à dire vrai. Quoi qu'il en soit, notre chienne qui a du chien est très attachée à sa famille et... enfin, je ne sais plus parce que j'ai zappé rapidement, juste le temps de remarquer la présence d'Ashley Judd... qui est presque une mamie maintenant ! ou même une vraie mamie en fait. Elle pourrait faire des yaourts. Qu'est-ce qu'elle fout dans cette daube niaise de chez Disniais, je pige pas. La pauvre... enfin, la pauvre, façon de parler. Quand même. Mais attends, attends... c'est pas Disniais cette merde niaise à chiards niaiseux... c'est une merde soniaise en fait ! au temps pour moi, c'est pas Disniais, c'est Soniais.
Bella must make a difficult journey in “A Dog’s Way Home.” Bryce Dallas Howard gives voice to her story.Credit...James Dittiger/Columbia Pictures
A Dog's Way HomeDirected by Charles Martin SmithAdventure, FamilyPG1h 36m
- Jan. 10, 2019
As an actor, Charles Martin Smith once played a fictionalized version of the real-life writer Farley Mowat in “Never Cry Wolf,” a sometimes strenuously realistic Arctic adventure. The role must have made an impression: As a director, Smith made “The Snow Walker” [2003], an Arctic survival tale also based on a Mowat story.
Some of Smith’s feel for landscape and animal life resonates in his latest directorial effort, “A Dog’s Way Home,” which is adapted from a novel by W. Bruce Cameron, whose “A Dog’s Purpose” was made into a film in 2017. Not to break this particular puppy on some perverse auteurist wheel, but Smith also directed “Air Bud,” about a basketball-playing dog, and there’s a touch of that here, too.
'A Dog's Way Home' - Official Trailer [HD]Credit...CreditVideo by Sony Pictures Entertainment
The new movie’s scenario mixes a large number of heartstring-pulling tropes: abandoned animals, war veterans with PTSD, a socially awkward male protagonist who adopts a suddenly motherless half-pit-bull whelp in a town where the breed is outlawed, a painful separation.
And so, the dog, Bella, must make an arduous trek. Arduous — and weird.
Along the way, Bella, who is played by a real dog and is given the voice of Bryce Dallas Howard, “adopts” a young cougar that’s entirely a C.G.I. creation, complete with overexpressive eyes. The pair have to fend off wolves more than once. [If you’ve ever wondered what “The Grey” might have been like if Liam Neeson were a dog, you must see this movie.]
As ridiculous as it gets, and that’s plenty, “A Dog’s Way Home” manages to serve up a one- to two-hankie finale, depending on the extent of your dog-person-ness.
What is the message of a dog's way home?
The main messages from this movie are that the bonds between dogs and their humans are very strong and that dogs are very good therapy for people with emotional and physical needs.
Is A dog's Way Home a good movie?
Incredibly cheesy and at times very heartwarming, there's enough for most dog-lovers to enjoy, even you can take it or leave it with pretty much every human character.
What is a summary of a dog's way home?
As a puppy, Bella finds her way into the arms of Lucas, a young man who gives her a good home. When Bella becomes separated from Lucas, she soon finds herself on an epic 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved owner. Along the way, the lost but spirited dog touches the lives of an orphaned mountain lion, a down-on-his-luck veteran and some friendly strangers who happen to cross her path.A Dog's Way Home / Film synopsisnull
Was A dog's Way Home Based on a true story?
A Dog's Way Home is a 2017 novel by American author W. Bruce Cameron, inspired by many true stories.