My Dog Skip: Critic Reviews

Worst of all, the Jack Russell playing Skip is allowed to mug a la Frasier's Eddie instead of behaving like an actual canine.

They may find themselves mystified and a little bored by a movie designed to leave their adult companions misty-eyed.

It's a family movie with a heart and a brain. And if you aren't moved to tears, you might need an organ transplant.

In its own quiet, poignant, character-driven way, it's a movie for almost anyone of any age who's hungry for a beguiling 95 minutes.

Many will find their tender emotion buttons bruised from the constant battering of the filmmakers' oversized pointers.

Proves even the tiredest genre can be reinvigorated in the right hands.

From the very first words you hear in My Dog Skip, you know you have hit a rare, precious breed of movie, one that honors and rejoices in the language.

Flaws and all, this is superior family entertainment in the tradition of quality that co-producer Mark Johnson has long championed.

Taps into just enough of that connection between humans and dogs to make even jaded cat-lovers a little moist in the eyes.

The formula may be an old one, but it's still a good one.

It's worth the trip for kids and grown-ups, because they'll find a quietly moving and powerful story...

Flawless period re-creation.

...a gem of a movie for children and adults, despite its cliches.

Great boy and dog tale; too intense for some kids.

Not a mawkish dying-dog tearjerker, "My Dog Skip" carries a touch of Mark Twain, with quasi-dangerous tall tales and awareness of a gap between childhood and boyhood. Plus, as it's said of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," there's cussin' in it.

Features two irresistible lead characters -- and you can't always say that about a movie.

So riddled with live-action Disney movie cliches that I kept waiting for Cruella de Ville to show up and threaten to skin the dog alive.

A heart-affecting boy-with-a-dog drama.

An affectionate and tender family film...

You'll be reaching for your hanky and wondering why movies can't always be this good.

It may make you cry, but not because you've seen something worthy of your tears.

It is moving, intelligent and wise. And for a kid's flick, that's almost a miracle.

Paint -by- numbers stuff.

Lyrical and very touching.

Skip may not change your life, but if you want a movie you can take your kids to without any trace of off-color jokes, sex, or violence, this is one.