An average movie

Ever since I saw Keisha Castle-Hugues in the amazing ‘Whale Rider’, I had the highest hopes for this actress so I try to watch her movies whenever I get the opportinity. Unfortunately, except maybe for ‘The Nativity Story’, she hasn’t done anything remarkable (apparently, she has/had some major drinking issues already as a teenager) and, in this movie, she only had a very small part. Fortunately, the movie itself was not bad at all. Honestly, I usually don’t really care about movies dealing with dogs or animals but I thought it was actually superior to ‘Hachiko’, a very popular true story with quite a similar plot about a dog waiting endlessly his master who passed away. This time, it worked better not only because Red Dog was cute and had an intriguing personality but, above all, thanks to the colorful characters surrounding him, something which was terribly missing in ‘Hachiko’. Still, in spite of the fact that it was quite entertaining, the whole thing still remained too pedestrian to become really remarkable. To conclude, even though I don’t think it is really amazing, it remains a decent watch, probably the best dog movie I have ever seen and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10