15/21
Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.. While most authors dislike the movie adaptation of their book, Sigrid Nunez has stated that she is pleased with how her book is presented in this film adaptation.. Watched at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sep. 11th, 2024 (First Watch)Format: Regular theaterThe story doesn’t know what direction it’s taking, which is why at most times it just keeps going on and on which feels like it’s never ending and here comes the part where the watcher will feel the long and heaviness of its runtime which is not even long but it seems like that because of the slow and sometimes boring rhythm that the story has.The dog is for sure the best part of the movie. The way it was trained to showcase these emotions and use its body language to tell something is very impressive. I really didn’t like the way the story approached Bill Murray’s character as it felt very useless. The film to me is more like a story between a dog and a grieving person and not about a suicidal writer who died and left out a dog. It felt very chaotic in this aspect and it could’ve easily gotten more in depth in terms of this topic or showed a flashback that will support Bill Murray’s character. Other than that, nothing more special but overall, a cute and warm film to watch!
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