Teddy

Honestly, I would've walked out if I hadn't had so much time to kill before my next movie reservation. I wouldn't want my kids to watch this movie, if I had any. There were a lot of funny moments that I admittedly laughed at, but there was a lot of stuff I had a problem with, too. My main points: First of all, the three main story arcs and flipflopping perspectives were fairly incoherent. They would've worked better as three shorts. When they finally tied them together, it was sloppy. The plot was haphazard and seemed slapdash. Early in the movie, we see baby Liam behaving very aggressively towards the dogs. The dogs obviously hate it, but don't do anything about it. Why are the parents allowing an infant to play unsupervised with their dogs, especially when he's hurting them? I don't like how the film portrayed mental health. Max had anxiety that led to scratching, so the vet gave him a cone. Rooster (the farm dog) pulled the cone off Max and said, "there, you're cured." It was very flippant and, while realistic for a grizzled southern farmer type character, insensitive. Then, after one experience, suddenly Max's anxiety is cured. Two potential negative outcomes: kids might think it's okay to pull their dog's cones off, and they might internalize the trivialization of anxiety. There wasn't much compassion between characters. Why did they need to show the cat stoned out of her mind? It's a kid's film. And, for that matter, why did they say the word "pissed"? Also, the bad guys––and only the bad guys––have very large, pointed noses, which I'm pretty sure has its roots in antisemitism.