46/50
The story follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belongs to a deceased friend and mentor, as her book is presented in this film adaptation. Seen at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September. October 11, 2024 (First Screening) Format: Regular Theater The story doesn’t know which direction it’s going, which is why most of the time it goes on and on and on and on and on and then comes the part where the viewer will feel the length and weight of its running time, which isn’t even long but feels like it because of the slow and sometimes boring pace that the story has. The dog is definitely the best part of the film. The way he was trained to show these emotions and use his body language to tell a story is impressive. I really didn’t like the way the story approached Bill Murray’s character, as he seemed 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 a dog out. It felt very chaotic in this aspect and could have easily gone deeper into this topic or shown a flashback that would have supported Bill Murray’s character. Other than that, nothing special but overall, a cute and warm movie to watch!