This is a formulaic movie, you won't see anything new here. But that's fine. It's not meant to be high art and challenge the viewer.
The directing, acting, dialogue, are all fine and the outdoor scenes are spectacular. Which is good because 90% of this movie takes place outdoors.
The formula for this movie is the time honored dog movie and that's where I struggled a little bit. I was left wondering about the audience. What I mean by that is dog movies are typically "Benji" style family flicks where the cute dog steals the movie from the human actor(s) and enthralls the little ones in the family with his cute antics. Or, "Turner and hooch" style films, where the dog is initially a pain to its owner, but the owner grows to love the dog in the end.
This one seemed to be more of an outdoor adventure flick with a dog story tacked on. I understand why this would appeal to fitness fanatic Mark Wahlberg, but was left wondering If there were enough outdoor adventure fans in the viewing audience to support it and definitely wondered how this would keep younger kids engaged for over 1 1/2 hours.
Again. It was fine and definitely worth streaming, but I was glad I did not pay the extra money to see it in a theater.
The directing, acting, dialogue, are all fine and the outdoor scenes are spectacular. Which is good because 90% of this movie takes place outdoors.
The formula for this movie is the time honored dog movie and that's where I struggled a little bit. I was left wondering about the audience. What I mean by that is dog movies are typically "Benji" style family flicks where the cute dog steals the movie from the human actor(s) and enthralls the little ones in the family with his cute antics. Or, "Turner and hooch" style films, where the dog is initially a pain to its owner, but the owner grows to love the dog in the end.
This one seemed to be more of an outdoor adventure flick with a dog story tacked on. I understand why this would appeal to fitness fanatic Mark Wahlberg, but was left wondering If there were enough outdoor adventure fans in the viewing audience to support it and definitely wondered how this would keep younger kids engaged for over 1 1/2 hours.
Again. It was fine and definitely worth streaming, but I was glad I did not pay the extra money to see it in a theater.
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