A Dog's Journey

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85 Reviews

91%

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2,500+ Ratings

Bailey is living the good life on the Michigan farm of his boy, Ethan and Ethan's wife Hannah. He even has a new playmate: Ethan and Hannah's baby granddaughter, CJ. The problem is that CJ's mom, Gloria, decides to take CJ away. As Bailey's soul prepares to leave this life for a new one, he makes a promise to Ethan to find CJ and protect her at any cost. Thus begins Bailey's adventure through many lives filled with love, friendship, and devotion.

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Critics Consensus

A Dog's Journey is as sentimental as one might expect, but even cynical viewers may find their ability to resist shedding a tear stretched to the puppermost limit.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

What if dogs really aren't this annoying when we get to hear inside their head? What if they're actually very smart or lovely?

Sep 30, 2019

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

I went into it feeling a bit low and came out of it feeling a bit better. It's a reminder that sometimes there's a beauty in just going along with ordinary life, which is short, even more so for dogs.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2019

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

If there are to be more sequels, I'm hoping that future Baileys cut the chat and hark back to a time when heroism trumped cuteness and movie dogs left the punchlines to the human members of the cast.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 19, 2019

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Whatever you want to say about any of the W. Bruce Cameron adaptations, by the time A Dog’s Journey's credits rolled, I had overdosed on cuteness.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Hosea Rupprecht

Catholic News Service

The film celebrates family, reconciliation and loyalty.

Aug 12, 2021

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Doris Toumarkine

FilmDINGHY.com

A truly high-quality production that smartly pays attention to pacing, performances, cinematography, score, messages and...[it] authentically pays off.

Feb 11, 2020

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Review T I’m trying to figure out one of the pro r critics hated it Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review jim r Absolutely brillant the acting loved the dogs and hope that does happen that the dogs go on the last part pulled my heart strings and I cried not ashamed!! loved every part and anyone who couldnt see that baffles me again absolutely brillant Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review A&W N What happens when a writer what to put emotions into a movie but doesn't want to take the steps to find a good way to, kill a character you like. But in this movie the writer does the lazy thing 5 TIMES! In a Hallmark movie on crack. This whole movie could have ended an hour early if legal act was taken. Be the end of the movie you don't care at all about the characters or anything and you want to smash your fingers in a door repeatedly to ease the emotions wipe lish of a dog's journey. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/24 Full Review Lipinho F Muito interessante esse filme 👏👏 e eu amo filmes de animes ❤️ Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Ravi T Idk what's wrong with the critics...but this was an amazing movie! Even better than the first one! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Kyle J If you love your dog, you'll like this movie. It is a sentimental movie told on a childlike sentimental level, but the idea behind the telling, the belief at the core of the story, is profound. (And true 😊🎈) Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gail Mancuso Director Josh Gad Bailey Kathryn Prescott CJ Betty Gilpin Gloria Dennis Quaid Ethan Marg Helgenberger Hannah

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