My Dog Skip (Keepcase)
by Jay Russell
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Actor: Bradley Coryell, Diane Lane, Frankie Muniz, Kevin Bacon, Luke WilsonDirector: Jay Russell
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Jay Russell
Producer: Andrew A. Kosove
Producer: Broderick Johnson
Producer: John Lee Hancock
Producer: Mark Johnson
Writer: Gail Gilchriest
Writer: Willie Morris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of My Dog Skip (Keepcase)
DVD Review: One of my all time favorite movies.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the very best movies I have ever watched. I thought the entire cast was wonderful. The story is true, based on the life of a an only child, a boy, whose first dog helped him to grow. It's really funny at times, laugh out loud funny. I like the adult characters as well, especially Kevin Bacon as the dad, and Luke Wilson who plays Dink Jenkins the 'Golden Boy" who went to war and came back feeling defeated. I think the scene between Bacon and Wilson is very touching. Frankie Muniz is simply adorable, and he was so believable. Can't leave out Diane Lane, she is such a pretty woman, and I really enjoyed her character as well. She seemed to be somewhat different than most of the women in that time period. Story of love, friendship, family, and loss. I have recently bought the book to read as well. Advisable to have a box of tissue on hand, I wept a great deal the last 20-30 minutes of this movie. Though I always loved my dog, after watching this, I had a whole new appreciation of that very special relationship. To me this is one of those movies you have to watch from time to time...the message never gets old.DVD Review: Some Good 'Ole Southern Charm
Summary: 4 Stars
Here's a bit of an unusual film: a modern-day movie - not animated - made more for adults than kids but could be equally enjoyed by both. There are very few profanities, and nothing earth-shaking.
It's simply the memoirs of Willie Morris, a southern boy who wound up as a famous writer and editor of Harper's Magazine. Being that magazine is pretty Liberal, you get Liberal slants in the movie but nothing heavy-handed.
As a good story does, it makes you care about the characters, especially the lead one. In here it's "Willie" and his dog "Skip." Early shots of Skip growing up - measured in how he related to the toilet bowl - are funny. You also care about his parents and are glad when the dad (Kevin Bacon) softens his stance on things.
As a guy, I appreciated just looking at Diane Lane. What a gorgeous face!
The cinematography is pure southern charm and looks great on DVD. It's not all sweetness. There are some angry moments and some sad ones, to be sure. In summary, however, a nice film.....pure and simple.
DVD Review: ever since Lassie: a dog and his boy
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought the acting, script and costuming were all good,
it is just the subject has been played to death for over 50 years now.
I watched Lassie and Rin Tin Tin in the movies and on TV until
I just lost interest in another dog and boy after Old Yeller.
I guess I'm a cat kind of person:
they kind of come at go and you have to take them as they are.
You can't get them to do much in the way of tricks...
DVD Review: ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME
Summary: 5 Stars
I rarely get the opportunity to go to the movie theaters so I catch a lot of films on DVD or on Cable.
I watched MY DOG SKIP on HBO and it was indeed a rare treat. I love family films, especially if they are in an older setting that move you and stay with you for a while to come.
MY DOG SKIP is one of such films. This was not a kids flick, indeed this is a young adult/adult movie narrated by the author of the same book - based on the true story of his dog Skip, now a national bestseller novel.
Willie Morris' parents give him a Jack Russell puppy for this ninth birthday. He proceeds to bond with is dog, who's precocious and loving manner teaches Willie how to deal with the pressures of being a kid and coming of age in Mississippi in the 1940's.
This film moved me with its depth of emotional intensity and beauty, unlike any I have seen in a long time. It was beautifully acted, the moments depicting the situations remembered by Willie regarding his escapades with his dog and friends - who loved Skip equally, are one of a kind. I highly recommend this film to any animal lover and anyone who wants a film that will move and touch them (yes, there are several sad moments - but it is the circle of life) as it is undoubtedly one of the most splendid films I have seen in a long time.
DVD Review: Family movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Our family enjoyed this movie but our 6 year old did cry in a few spots, but she got over it pretty quickly and really enjoyed the movie.
Description of My Dog Skip (Keepcase)
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/11/2006 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: PgThis boy-and-his-dog movie, a nonpareil family film, is, as one of the characters so aptly puts it, "a heartbreak waiting to happen." Frankie Muniz, winning over audiences in the TV series Malcolm in the Middle, has competition in My Dog Skip--Skip himself (adorably played by a total of six Jack Russell terriers). Muniz, an inveterate charmer, stars as Willie Morris (from whose memoir the film is adapted), a gawky, awkward boy growing up during World War?II under an overly protective father (Kevin Bacon). When his mom (Diane Lane) gives him Skip on his 9th birthday, his life is changed in every way for the better. Previously disinterested peers become pals, and he experiences puppy love with a girl named Rivers (Caitlin Wachs). There are plenty of high jinks and rah-rah touches of Americana, and the film also attempts to deal with sophisticated emotions--Willie's boyhood hero turns out to be less than heroic--but its devastating emotional core comes, simply and obviously, with Skip's eventual aging and demise. Dog lovers will be wiped out; those who don't care for canines shouldn't even be bothering to read this review. (Ages 8 and older) --David Kronke
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