
What I'm getting to is this: If you like "Old Yeller" then you will love this movie. It's one of those movies that will make you laugh and cry and then laugh again. Not sure if this flick will be an instant classic but it will one that I will watch more than once.I just saw this film at the TriMedia Film Festival in Colorado and LOVED it. Visually beautiful, rich characters, and lots of laughs. I have pre-ordered this and look forward to adding it to my library!I just finished viewing the film as a rental on Netflix. Now I'm putting in an order here at Amazon for numerous copies to give as Christmas Gifts the film is THAT exceptional. Based on true events folks, and of course there probably have been some changes made to make the film version more 'palatable' for the masses. But at the heart of the story are the very true emotions of an American man in remote 1971 Austraila who didn't choose the dog the dog chose him. And everyone who came into the life of this dog in one way or another is touched forever, as you will be too. To be sure, there is a great deal of comedy, and very broad comedy at that. But it's very effective. Children will laugh at certain events and Adults will laugh at events the children won't probably get. Everyone will be pleased with this film. Still, with all the comedy, there is this very real dramatic vein that runs throughout, mostly from the half-way mark to the end that will enable Adults to be carried along. And let me tell you this, there will not be a dry-eye in your living room at film's end. Even now while I'm writing this and thinking back on this passage in the film, I am tearing up: 'Have YOU seen John?', 'Have YOU seen John?'. (You'll know what I mean about that question after viewing the film.)I watched this movie in an historic theater in Broome, Australia and I have been trying to get it in American format ever since so I can have it at home. I know it was full of Australian humor that I probably didn't understand, but the story and characters are so real and Red Dog is so special, this is truly a top pick of movies for me. I watched it again on the flight home. How can I get the distributors to make it available in the US?
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