Dog
United Artists Releasing | Release Date: February 18, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
ABC NewsPeter TraversFeb 25, 2022
So what if star and co-director Channing Tatum lays on the sniffles in this tale of an Army Ranger and a K9 warrior named Lulu, who steals every scene she's in. They’re both PTSD-scarred combat veterans who try to heal each other and they hit you like a shot in the heart. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedFeb 23, 2022
Dog may be man’s best friend, but Dog, a snooze about a boring 1500-mile road trip shared by a dog and a man—both war-ravaged, brain-damaged soldiers—should have stayed in the kennel. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackFeb 23, 2022
The beauty of a film such as Dog is that it is one of many, omnipresent in its ordinariness and commonplace in its undertaking – a brain holiday, if you will. It’s another notch in the filmography of a crowd-pleasing A-lister, another run-of-the-mill movie to emote with when we can’t feel much else. Read full review
83
UproxxVince ManciniFeb 23, 2022
Dog attempts and mostly does a solid job walking a perilous line, being honest about and sympathetic to the concerns and inside jokes of veterans without licking boots or justifying endless war. Read full review
63
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiFeb 21, 2022
[Tatum] lets his cuddly co-star shine and wrings out a few touching moments of his own, too. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 18, 2022
There should be a special category for movies, like “Dog,” that are hard to enjoy but easy to take. They’re not entertainment. They’re more like a vague form of companionship. They aspire to little but demand nothing, and, if you like, they can keep you company. You can’t call that a good movie, but you’d have to be a creep to call it a bad movie. Read full review
67
Original-CinJennie PunterFeb 18, 2022
Dog is a bumpy, unpredictable ride because that’s what our heroes are on, but it’s all delivered with a gentle touch and authentic feeling that assure us that Briggs and Lulu are heading in the right direction. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowFeb 18, 2022
Dog is uneven in tone and quality but shows promise in the way Tatum and Carolin approach the story with care and heart. Read full review
70
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsFeb 18, 2022
There are numerous moments where all the signposts point towards a saccharine dirty bomb, and thankfully, the film seldom allows those to detonate. Read full review
30
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiFeb 17, 2022
The tonal imbalance and the mismanaged themes make for an extremely uncomfortable watch. However, Dog might find an audience, one that is not so bothered by the lack of depth, and who will tolerate the surface-level insight into the issues it barely touches upon. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerFeb 17, 2022
As a whole, Dog is credible as a small-scale drama with some moments of light, puppyish comedy, from the man and the mutt. Like Clooney before him, Tatum hasn’t quite made his own Soderbergh movie. He has, however, made a surprisingly good one. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshFeb 17, 2022
Typically, movies about dogs are unrelenting tear-jerkers, but Tatum and Reid resist sentimentality, resulting in a film that’s refreshingly frank and surprising when the emotional moments do hit (and do they ever). Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 17, 2022
As for the trio of animals who play Lulu, suffice it to say that if the film is a hit, kennels won’t be able to breed Belgian Malinoises fast enough. Forget the near-naked stripper gyrations in Magic Mike; when Tatum wraps his arm around Lulu as they sit and watch the sunset together, it’s the sexiest he’s ever been onscreen. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreFeb 17, 2022
Dog feels like it should have been bigger and braver, but by the end, it also feels as if it could have been improved by being much smaller, closing in until it was just a guy and a dog and some of the country’s most beautiful scenery. What else do you really need? Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenFeb 17, 2022
Through it all, Tatum balances exasperation, an easygoing lightheartedness and a deep empathy for his character’s and Lulu’s inner turmoil. His command of the role and his confident direction of the picture make Dog a very engaging experience. Read full review
80
SlashfilmDanielle RyanFeb 17, 2022
Dog is a little sentimental and travels down well-trodden paths, but its gorgeous execution and charming performances make it the feel-good film we could all use in the depressing doldrums of February. Read full review
50
TheWrapSimon AbramsFeb 17, 2022
The camera loves Channing Tatum, and that makes up for a lot in Dog, a corny road movie that mostly panders to fans of Tatum and/or dogs, as well as any moviegoer who still thinks that making a big show of supporting the troops (any troops) makes them more human than, uh, most everyone else. Read full review
75
Washington PostKristen Page-KirbyFeb 17, 2022
While “Dog” is often funny, it’s not a comedy. Though it’s often sad, it’s not a tragedy either. Instead, it’s a sensitive, engaging, realistic look at what happens when a soldier’s toughest battle starts when they come home. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 17, 2022
Not everything in Dog works—you can sometimes see its directors scrambling to find the right tone, and not quite succeeding. And the movie is not wholly free of hokum. But watching Tatum is pure pleasure. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganFeb 17, 2022
Though the film doesn’t break any new ground in the realms of buddy comedies, road movies or teary-eyed tales of man’s best friend, it does take itself seriously enough to actually, if superficially, engage with the institution it depicts with some semblance of a critical gaze. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 17, 2022
Choppy at times and indulging in familiar dog-movie scenarios on a steady basis, “Dog” isn’t going to enter any annual conversations about the best canine films of all time, but Lulu is basically a good girl and Briggs is basically a good guy, and we’re glad they were given the high-concept road trip adventure they deserve. Read full review
63
The Associated PressLindsey BahrFeb 17, 2022
Ultimately it does work, but “Dog” is a movie that is trying to do quite a bit, and perhaps bites off a little more than it can reasonably handle in 90 minutes. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicKimi RobinsonFeb 17, 2022
What it lacks in comedy, “Dog” makes up with heart. It celebrates a different kind of love as Briggs and Lulu learn how to trust each other despite their postwar trauma. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWes GreeneFeb 17, 2022
Dog cannily smuggles a nuanced inquiry of a social issue under the guise of popular entertainment. Read full review
42
The PlaylistJason BaileyFeb 17, 2022
Tatum and Carolin might have been capable of the light, personality-driven fluff the trailer promises, but not, ultimately, whatever the hell Dog is trying to deliver. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 17, 2022
The trip is amusing enough, the doggy excesses funny and the climax, pre-ordained by their destination, will punch you right in the heart — not hard, just enough to deploy that hanky. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 17, 2022
Dog is a lowbrow but by no means lazy crowd-pleaser, one where the fun Tatum and company took in making it translates directly to the pleasure we take in watching. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeFeb 17, 2022
Dog lovers eager for a dog movie primarily about a dog will be reassured by the knowledge that Dog does feature plenty of dog but they might be a little surprised about what else the film has to offer, an odd and atonal ramble across the US where the dog comes first and plotting comes a long way after. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 17, 2022
At heart, this is a film that just wants some good pats, and it’s willing to do whatever it takes to get them. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottFeb 17, 2022
Dog is unabashedly sentimental. A movie about a dog and a soldier could hardly be otherwise. Luckily, Tatum’s self-deprecating charm and Carolin’s script keep the story on the tolerable side of maudlin. Read full review
60
EmpireStaff (Not Credited)Feb 16, 2022
More predictable than shaggy, Dog is more interesting than the standard man-mutt buddy movie but still never really pulls the heartstrings. What it lacks in urgency and emotion, Tatum more than makes up for in movie-star wattage. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisFeb 16, 2022
Though occasionally emotional, this ain’t no heart-tugging rehash of Lassie Come Home. And there’s something to be said for that. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinFeb 15, 2022
The new film Dog is essentially an hour and three quarters of Channing Tatum rolling around with a dog – and quite frankly, for many of us, that’s enough. Read full review
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