Rock Dog
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: February 24, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 23, 2017
Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, director Ash Brannon (“Surf’s Up”), and crew combine these ingredients into something that’s uniquely likable, and even unique-looking at times. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerFeb 23, 2017
The title character of Rock Dog isn’t likely to end up on anyone’s Top 5 list of animated heroes, but the film does have a thoroughly enjoyable rocker in it. And an appealingly nasty wolf, too. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMar 2, 2017
What’s interesting about Rock Dog is just how very unapologetically a kid’s movie it is. Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriFeb 23, 2017
Nothing in the film is particularly memorable either, including the music that changes Bodi’s life. Read full review
60
EmpireEmma ThrowerJun 12, 2017
You’ll long for a slightly smoother animation style (Pixar won’t be quaking in their boots), but this surprisingly fun yarn will undoubtedly have youngsters reaching for the nearest guitar. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiFeb 24, 2017
Unlike animated family favorites spiked with jokes for adults that go over youngsters’ heads — like “Finding Nemo” or “Up” — Rock Dog is strictly for kids. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 24, 2017
With a product this generic, one at least expects it to do what it says on the tin. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew BarkerFeb 24, 2017
Rock Dog is cluttered with incompatible subplots that never quite seem to belong in the same film. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshFeb 23, 2017
It doesn't gel and lacks the kind of visual kinetic energy we’ve come to expect from films of this ilk. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 23, 2017
Although the plot is thin, Rock Dog nevertheless charms with its engaging central characters and unencumbered storyline. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubFeb 23, 2017
Too lackluster to be praised highly, yet too benign to be excoriated, “Rock Dog” is the perfect family film for a rainy day with no other options. It does not deserve mention in any animation history book; and yet it’s completely satisfactory in the moment. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJun 12, 2017
There’s nothing to really hate about Rock Dog, just a creeping sense that – from the writers to the animators to the voice cast – no one’s really put much effort in. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenMar 5, 2017
Buried beneath all the increasingly tired visual gags and well-worn character conventions is a workable message about following one’s muse, but director Ash Brannon, a Pixar veteran, along with at least eight other writers, seem content simply to lay down the same old licks. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleFeb 23, 2017
Rock Dog stays firmly in the realm of the pleasant but unremarkable, an air-guitar effort when a stab at virtuosity might have yielded something more memorable. Read full review
37
Washington PostJane HorwitzFeb 23, 2017
Intermittently diverting as it may be, the movie bears all the earmarks of a cobbled-together, made-by-committee product, poorly aimed at its tween-and-younger target audience in look, tone, music and story. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 23, 2017
Director Ash Brannon (“Surf’s Up”) and a slew of credited co-writers could not uncover a laugh in this material. Not a one-liner, not one single sight gag that pays off. The animation is generic, but pretty enough. The music? Sort of a Chinese market research idea of “rock.” Read full review
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