A Dog Year

2009

Comedy / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 36% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 36% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 3923 3.9K

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Plot summary

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?

Director

Top cast

Jeff Bridges as Jon Katz
Karen Allen as Paula
Domhnall Gleeson as Anthony Armstrong
Ben Van Bergen as Police Officer 1
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726.36 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 2
1.46 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jahredem 7 / 10

Short and Sweet.. 'Feel good' and quiet.

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Reviewed by jdbunda 6 / 10

love letter to dogs and their owners

Not your typical dog movie - here the dog actually acts like a real dog. No talking animals, no over-the-top staged smarts or heroics. It plays more like an episode of the Dog Whisperer - BEFORE they call in Cesar. Bridges plays a semi-creepy sad sack of a blocked writer who, through somewhat unclear circumstances, unwittingly and unwillingly adopts the border collie from hell. Having adopted a somewhat crazed border collie myself, I can say the dogs behavior and interactions with Bridges are spot on, and there is no need for the typical Hollywood (c.f. Beethoven) hyperbole - the dog is not quite the lovable scamp, and the Bridges' Katz is not a wholly sympathetic character. With a little unwelcome help from his friends, peace is eventually made between the writer and his dog. That's the good - the bad is this movie seems to be the anti-Marley - we only get a bare smattering of how the "adoption" came to pass, what the hell is going on between Katz and his family, and what happened to the other yellow lab? One gets the sense of script problems and/or a heavy hand in the editing room, which is too bad because while these details are not important, the missing pieces are distracting, and flaw this otherwise refreshingly realistic, yet still eminently watchable dog flick.

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