The audience for this film would be those people who like their cinematic fare pre-digested and painfully familiar.

An acerbically comic fable.

For those seeking even a little adventurousness in their filmgoing experiences, the movie will wear thin very quickly.

Comes across as a deceptively streamlined comic-drama; an unnervingly violent, gritty film noir with a wink.

Unlikely to draw the audience it deserves, but those who do see it will have a hard time shaking its gentle, ghostly echoes.

Quite shameless in imitating its predecessors.

More whimsical than gloomy, for all the horrors it alludes to or depicts.

This is basically a movie about one neurotic woman and her neurotic L.A. life. .

What director Aviva Kempner has done is shine a light into the past and recover a classic American hero, one with all the integrity, decency and largeness of spirit that we have been taught makes up the American character.

A dark comedy that squanders its potential and never quite, as they say, suspends disbelief.

Simple but charming.

Mostly this film skims by on the surface, its conflict and climax visible from the opening five minutes.

Exemplifies the subpar state of movies today.

Not a waste of time, but not quite in control of its destination.

A largely unenlightening work.

Obvious in its observations, predictable in its conclusions, and a little dull in the telling.

Gun Shy can't rise on wobbly legs, and its real potential is lost for good.

Simply can't sustain interest for much of its final hour.

Does a lot of little stuff right, and it sparkles at times.

Too slow-moving and too understated in much of its humor.

A Mexican film that reaches for a very weird and risky tone, and, I think, fails.

What on earth is Stockard Channing doing in this mess?

Self-conscious clunker.

Floating this material slightly above the assembly-line level is the energetic cast and the efforts of writer-director Kris Isacsson.

Looks and moves like a film whose vital organs were yanked before shooting commenced.

The film has smarts, but what really makes it fascinating is its huge heart...and the film soars because of that.

But it's the boy and the dog who make My Dog Skip resonate. The formula may be an old one, but it's still a good one.

Will eventually be remembered as a disposable farce, but one that leaves a happy memory.