My Dog Skip

(1,615)7.01 h 35 min2000X-RayPG

Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane and Frankie Muniz star in this heartwarming coming-of-age story about a sensitive young Southern boy who learns valuable life lessons with his dog.

Directors: Jay Russell

Starring: Frankie Muniz Diane Lane Luke Wilson

Genres: Comedy Drama Sports Kids

Subtitles: English [CC]

Audio languages: EnglishEnglish [Audio Description]

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Supporting actors: Kevin Bacon Bradley Coryell Daylan Honeycutt Cody Linley Caitlin Wachs

Producers: Mark Johnson John Lee Hancock Andrew A. Kosove Broderick Johnson

Studio: Warner Bros.

Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Content advisory: Drug usefoul languageviolence

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Most people will thoroughly enjoy MY DOG SKIP

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2017

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This is Frankie Muniz's movie, playing a shy preteen in rural Mississippi in the 1940s. The other leading player is "Moose" in the title role, the same precocious Jack Russell Terrier who always got the goat of the Crane brothers on TV's FRASER. The adult cast is solid, including Kevin Bacon and Diane Lane as the boy's parents, but it's really a kids' movie. Nonetheless, it isn't saccharine or preachy. At the risk of repeating a cliche, MY DOG SKIP truly is the kind of movie the whole family can enjoy. High recommendation.

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MommypunkTop Contributor: Pets

Get your tissues you're gonna cry, so sweet

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016

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My kids love this movie. My daughter is 4 and thinks skip is adorable. It's about a 9yr old boy who gets a puppy for his birthday, you watch him go through trials and errors in his life while learning and growing with skip by his side.

I got my 1st kitten when I was 8yrs old in 1989 he lived for 20yrs. Watching this movie brought me back to my own childhood with my very best friend.

The ending is tasteful and very touching. I have seen this movie many times over years and still to this day I can't watch it without getting a knot in my throat. Just this last time I got up and went into the other room to hide my tears and my 4yr old daughter came to get me to see the ending. I didn't want her to see me sob like a baby. LOL

if you've grown up with a furry friend than you can relate to this movie. Kevin bacon is the boy's father, the acting all around is good quality too.

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EPI

Ridiculous cliche cookie cutter - you know the whole plot within 5 mins

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2020

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Who makes these horrible movies that are copies of every dumb fantasy movie made for the last 100 years?
You know the whole plot line within 5 minutes, and then its an hour and a half of bad actors and non stop emo overtures drawing it all out in painful boredom.

Then the movie tries to pretend it has a message, which it doesnt.
........and the vomit inducing americanism just makes the whole flavor even worse......

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Tim WilliamsTop Contributor: Baseball

Yes But

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015

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Yes, “My Dog Skip” has too much voice-over narration, but some of it has a lyrical quality that can be savored. Yes, “My Dog Skip” is formulaic, but it’s a pretty good formula. Yes, there are some unbelievable moments in the film, but overall it’s entertaining and touching. Yes, it’s not that original, and sometimes it crosses the line between drama and melodrama, but it’s also a pleasant, sometimes illuminating, visit to 1940’s Mississippi. Yes, some children might be bored, and some might be too young or sensitive for this film, but it also has a rare combination of head and heart for a family film. Yes, it has some very mild profanity and vulgarity, and some mainly off-screen violence, but overall it’s a wholesome story about a boy and his dog. Yes, you should see it, but bring some Kleenex.

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Wonderful Movie!

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020

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This is a very good movie! Set in the 50's. A family movie with a dog and how a little boy comes out of his shell and learns about life. It is literally for everyone. Wholesome which is why I like it.

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Great Dog movie!

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2013

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In my youth, my favorite dog movie that made ME cry was Old Yeller (Vault Disney Collection) .
There was a very long wait, then MY DOG SKIP came out in 2000. Ten years later, a-n-o-t-h-e-r
movie based on a true story (and a Japanese movie)) about a dog that, daily, waited nine years
for his master at a rural train station.
I cannot decide which I like better:
Hachi: A Dog's Tale [Blu-ray ] -- also stars Richard Gere.
or
My Dog Skip [Blu-ray ] ------------ also stars Kevin Bacon & Frankie Muniz.

All THREE of these movies made me cry like a little girl that just dropped her favorite doll in
a mud puddle.

Excellent entertainment! In fact, if these three movies don't make you cry, you aren't HUMAN.

The prices of all three of these films are VERY good right now.

I have always prefered CATS, but, if you DON'T cry at the endings of these movies --- you just
DON'T have a heart!

Add them to your collection.

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John P

A HEARTWARMING MOVIE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY...YES!

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020

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Based on a true story, this is a touching story about a boy, his dog, and growing up in the South. One of the better choices, in my opinion, to watch with your kids. A good story, set in the 1940's, portrayed by good actors capable of evoking emotion.
Definitely worth your time.

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ukeman

What makes a good story

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2020

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I love a good old southern period piece, small town charm, where people got along to get along. Childhood challenges and dreams played out well in the good old days of simple pleasures and folks looked after one another. Many a nostalgic Boomer should enjoy this.

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Jenny

My dog skip

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2013

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I have seen this movie a few times now and it still breaks my heart now as much as it did the first time.
It is a beautiful story about a boy and his dog,growing up,getting old.
It isn't just for animal lovers although I think they would enjoy it more having like myself recently lost my little dog,who was in fact only 4'he passed away whilst having an MRI can under anaesthesia.we were not given a reason as the vet did not know why his heart slowed down and stopped.
They tried to start it again but it just was not to be.we are all totally devastated.it made it even worse if that we're possible as the it happened was my other dogs birthday, the two of them were best friends and he has not been the same since.
In 2011 we lost our other little dog who was one week off his 17th birthday. In 2006 we lost our little dog he was 16
It s totally heartbreaking to lose an animal at any age.
It is a beautiful film,, I also love a movie called hatching,that one you will need boxes of tissues.,!!!

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D. Fortune

Great Film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2011

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Just watched it on Five & was really good very sad though but give it a 7 out of 10.
And much sadder than Marley & Me which never really upset me.
I now have the Blu Ray of both

Toto1978

Wie ein Hund das Leben eines schüchternen Jungen auf ganz rührende Art und Weise verändert

Reviewed in Germany on January 13, 2012

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Der Hund ist ja bekanntlich der beste und treueste Freund des Menschen. So sagt man zumindest im Sprichwort, obwohl eigentlich der beste Freund des Menschen "der Mensch" sein sollte, oder etwa nicht (?!). Da dem aber leider im alltäglichen Leben oftmals nicht so ist, hat dieses alte, und nahezu in allen Ländern dieser Erde geltende Sprichwort, in der Tat seine Berechtigung, denn jeder Mensch, bzw. jedes Kind braucht einen richtig guten Freund. Für den kleinen neunjährigen Willie sieht es lange Zeit allerdings nicht so aus, als ob er einen richtig guten Freund fürs Leben finden könnte, denn für die Rabauken aus der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft ist der smarte und schüchterne Junge das ideale Opfer zum Hänseln und Demütigen, und auch sonst hat Willie keinerlei Talente zu bieten, die seine Mitmenschen in irgendeiner Art und Weise beeindrucken könnte. Er ist einfach nur ein anständiger und ruhiger Junge, der zusammen mit seinen Eltern - einem Vater, der im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg als Kriegsveteran sein Bein verloren hat, und seiner herzensguten, aber absolut untypischen Mutter - völlig unbescheiden in einer reizarmen und für Kinder nicht wirklich interessanten Umgebung wohnt.

Auch zum Geburtstag erhält der Neunjährige überwiegend Dinge von seiner Familie und seinen Verwandten geschenkt, die er überhaupt nicht gebrauchen kann, bis sich plötzlich die Tür öffnet, und seine Mutter ihm ein völlig unerwartetes Geschenk bereitet. Dieses Geschenk ist Skip, ein kleiner und niedlicher Terrier, der fortan im Mittelpunkt von Willies Leben steht. Was Willie zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nicht wusste war, dass dieser Skip sein Leben von Grund auf verändern sollte. So erweist sich der äußerst lehrreiche Terrier nach anfänglicher Skepsis des Vaters, sehr schnell als absoluter Glücksgriff, und verschafft Willie in Handumdrehen die sozialen Kontakte, die er zuvor niemals hatte. Schon bald genoss der Neunjährige durch seinen neuen Freund nicht nur einen hohen Bekanntheitsgrad in seiner Zehntausendeinwohnergemeinde, sondern auch ein sehr großes Ansehen bei der Bevölkerung. Selbst sogar die schönsten Mädchen fingen an, sich für den Außenseiter Willie zu interessieren. Gemeinsam mit Skip erlebt der Junge nicht nur eine wunderschöne Kindheit, sondern auch sehr viele Abenteuer und urkomische Situationen. Doch eines Tages wird aufgrund eines unverzeihlichen Fehlers von Willie die große Freundschaft zu Skip auf eine sehr schwere Bewährungsprobe gestellt, und es beginnt ein unglaublich emotionaler Kampf auf Leben und Tod.

Mein Freund Skip - ist ein erstklassiger Familienfilm, der unglaublich eindrucksvoll die wahre Geschichte einer tiefen Freundschaft eines Jungen zu seinem außergewöhnlichen Hund erzählt, und dabei an sehr vielen Stellen deutlich macht, dass ein Hund oftmals ein wesentlich besserer, teuerer und wichtigerer Freund sein kann als ein Mensch. Dass dieser Film als Wende-DVD veröffentlicht wurde, erlaubt die Möglichkeit den Film auf der ersten Seite in den Sprachen Englisch, Deutsch und Französisch, und auf der zweiten Seite in Holländisch, Schwedisch oder Ungarisch genießen zu können, was für mich als sprachbegeisterten Menschen natürlich ein absoluter Glücksfall ist.

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Thank you so much Amazon.com.au for bringing this BEAUTIFUL movie to my attention.

Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2018

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This is the PERFECT movie for anyone who has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of a dog in their youth. It certainly brought my own experience back front and centre, and I am comforted by the fact that my own dog was, indeed, my best friend. Thank you so much Amazon.com.au for bringing this BEAUTIFUL movie to my attention.

Darrell F

This is one of my favorite all time sweet movies

Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2018

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This is one of my favorite all time sweet movies, love that time period, and the dog is so adorable.

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