Dog Days
LD Entertainment | Release Date: August 8, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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5
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12
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyAug 8, 2018
Director Ken Marino’s contemporary tale of intertwined lives will still disarm you eventually with its unabashed cheeriness and generous spirit. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiAug 8, 2018
The film is funnier than it has every right to be, given the boilerplate premise of dogs bringing people together, but Marino and co. go for the brass ring. Read full review
67
TheWrapRobert AbeleAug 7, 2018
There’s a refreshingly contained, deadpan sass to many of the characters’ personalities – and even Marino’s direction of the actors — that makes these people appealing, not abrasive, and which never devolves into the needlessly crude or ham-fistedly improvised, as so often happens in the more raucously engineered R-rated comedies. Read full review
65
Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineAug 7, 2018
No spoiler here that all unfolds with twists and complications but lands in a colorful kibble bowl of happy endings. Surprise does lie in the fact that such familiar material can deliver some unexpected pleasures. Read full review
63
Washington PostJane HorwitzAug 10, 2018
As a cinematic mutt, it possesses a certain scruffy charm, as long as you’re in the mood to forgive its lapses. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAug 7, 2018
As any dog lover will tell you, our four-legged friends make everything better. That’s especially true when it comes to the genial if overly familiar ensemble comedy “Dog Days,” whose four-legged stars bring out the best in the movie’s crisscross of humans — and in the film itself. Read full review
58
Original-CinJim SlotekAug 9, 2018
Dog Days moves along, mostly pleasantly and at its worst is a somewhat-forced good time. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerAug 9, 2018
No clichés are avoided in the pleasant, if relentlessly adorable ensemble comedy Dog Days. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshAug 9, 2018
Dog Days is in some ways a very strange movie, in the way it straddles the worlds of weirdo comedy and family-friendly fare. But ultimately, it's the pooches who steal the show. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesKatie WalshAug 8, 2018
Dog Days is in some ways a very strange movie, in the way it straddles the worlds of weirdo comedy and family-friendly fare. But ultimately, it’s the pooches who steal the show. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisAug 7, 2018
Dogs are notorious scene-stealers in the movies, but in the sappy yet mildly entertaining Dog Days, the humans mug just as shamelessly as their impossibly cute canine counterparts. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 7, 2018
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny. But an engaging cast — human and canine — give it, and us, almost enough warm-and-fuzzies to get by. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAug 7, 2018
For undemanding audiences not looking for too much substance in the summer's dog days, Dog Days should go down relatively easy. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 7, 2018
Unfortunately, the behaviors on display have virtually nothing to do with real life, serving as empty escapism for the dog lover in all of us. Read full review
40
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 14, 2018
There’s really not much for the humans to do, other than flash brilliant white smiles, making the film feel like the world’s longest toothpaste advert. And it’s a toothbrush you’ll be reaching for after all so much sugary sentimentality. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 9, 2018
On the whole, this picture, which could just as well be titled “Dog, Actually,” is sweeter-than-average treacle. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzAug 7, 2018
Dog Days isn't so much a movie as an emotional delivery system, meant to make you laugh a little, cry a little and say, "Awww" about 10,000 times. On that front, it's a complete success. As an actual film, well, not so much. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAug 7, 2018
If Dog Days were a little weirder, it would just be a smug anti-comedy takedown of a late-period Garry Marshall picture, like "They Came Together" with its biggest laughs edited out. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDerek SmithAug 7, 2018
Aside from the occasional idiosyncratic comic beat, Dog Days remains committed to coloring within the lines of established tropes in the animal-centric family film. Read full review
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