The Dogwalker
Truly Indie | Release Date: August 25, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
The sort of movie that you'd see on Lifetime if that channel actually respected its viewers' taste and intelligence, Jacques Thelemaque's feature directorial debut has been kicking around the festival circuit for five years, and now finally comes to theaters in a leaner cut that jettisons an extraneous subplot to get to the core of its human story. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid Hunter
Rather than being self-indulgent or pretentious, however, the film comes up with many believable details and changes in direction that enrich the bittersweet central relationship of the two leads. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
While there are moments throughout when the film looks primed to break out of the indie arthouse ghetto, it never quite pulls it off. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
Though central dynamic is a familiar one -- old coot and young lost soul thrown together -- perfs, understated script and well-judged direction avoid too-obvious sentimentality or melodrama. Nonetheless, overall story arc is fairly predictable, and deliberate pacing sometimes risks dullness. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Extremely bleak but occasionally compelling debut feature. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
There seems to be a high level of personal commitment to the project. It is then all the more disappointing that such effort went into something that comes off so hollow and uninspired. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The plot of this character-driven drama is slender and the digital images rather muddy--apparently an impoverished indie feature can look bad and still not be very interesting--but to his credit, Thelemaque sticks to his minimalist turf. And the dogs are great. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Gordon, she of the Selma Diamond voice and mournful glare, is by far the most interesting aspect in a picture that might be termed unreleasably dull, if it weren't in fact in release at the moment en route to DVD. Read full review
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