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A Dog’s Way Home isn’t – as I thought, a follow-up to 2017’s A Dog’s Purpose, and thanks to Jami (below, in the comments) for the confirmation that that film was followed up by A Dog’s Journey, and a 2008 indirect sequel, The Dogs of Christmas.
However, for this film, it all feels very familiar as we hear the inner monologue of a dog! Oh, we’ve never seen that before!
Apparently, A Dog’s Purpose wasn’t completely terrible, but when so many films are released, I’ll keep track of those I want to see.
In the trailer for this, there’s some godawful CGI as the dog’s shown alongside wild animals, as if they’d really tolerate each other so well, but then this is a Disneyfied movie.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom‘s Bryce Dallas Howard takes the ‘dog lead’ role of Bella, as she travels 400 miles in search of her owner.
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Screenplay: W Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon
Novel: W Bruce Cameron
Also stars: Ashley Judd, Edward James Olmos, Alexandra Shipp, Wes Studi
A Dog’s Way Home is released in the UK on January 25th 2019, which is usually the time for stinkers to hit the cinema, but this is aimed as a kids film anyway, so you’re not exactly expecting Citizen Kane
Check out the new trailer below:
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