Rebecca Mayes

So many plot holes-more like potholes! Not enough backstory for main characters. Why does this woman keep walking into empty houses uninvited? Stretched out too long.

Interminable. Sarcastic, not funny.

Managed to hold the tension through a very detailed procedural. Fine acting.

The plot was not entertaining; the characters not amusing. Very dark for what they were trying to convey. It went on way too long and the ending was preposterous: we’ll all get along together without any technology. ??????

“The Butler Did It”- no, not a spoiler. Agatha Christie style plot, but not very sensiible. The happy ending is completely implausible.

The physical gags don’t work, but the clever dialogue references every modern issue you can imagine. Not laugh out loud, but good chuckles.

If the main character had not “unleashed” her personal power as a dog, she would never have found herself and her purpose. There was no need to put a mythical mystical reason to it, it was sufficient to see the changes in her as the movie progressed. We can all see ourselves stuck in something-a bad job, a health problem, boredom, an unfulfilling relationship, but we don’t always have the courage to get “unstuck” because of being afraid of the changes it might bring. Our heroine dynamically revealed all these emotions: anger, doubt, despair, boredom, fear and it all seemed very real. The changes that being a dog brought wrought magic and fulfillment in her life. Excellent acting and directing. A fairytale analogy for modern life.

It is a commendable tribute to stuntmen. With so much faked in modern movies, we forget that many times, these are real people taking risks. And it was admirable of Reynolds to do some risking-taking of his own. But, as entertainment, the simple premise and the storyline could have ensured half of the alloted time. Other than the stunts, the movie was sometimes confusing and most of the time, boring. I don’t call irony “comedy”, although I did get the subtle visual plays on previously spoken lines. As the British say, “too clever by half”, but it didn’t make me laugh.

Pitiful dialogue, improbable events. I only appreciated Peter Stormare, but he didn’t have much to work with.

Tried to be cryptic and different at the start, but soon fell into the typical plotline: a son, a daughter, a lover-ho-hum. Unrealistic scenarios.