The Dog Lover

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The Dog Lover
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Poster
Directed by Alex Ranarivelo
Written byAli Afshar
Alex Ranarivelo
Produced byTag Mendillo
Mandli Reno
StarringAllison Paige
James Remar
Lea Thompson
Jayson Blair
Christina Moore
CinematographyRueden Steinberg
Edited byBrett Hedlund
Music by Jamie Christopherson
Release date
  • July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)
Running time
101 minutes [1]
102 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Dog Lover is a 2016 American drama film written by Alex Ranarivelo and Ali Afshar, directed by Ranarivelo and starring Allison Paige, James Remar, Lea Thompson, Jayson Blair and Christina Moore. [1]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Release

The film was released on July 8, 2016. [1]

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews. [3] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars out of four. [4]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Rescue-dog purists may not approve of the line The Dog Lover takes, yet to this dog lover it comes off as compassionate and realistic: a plea for a place where good care can become common sense." [2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, "...it’s all as clunkily melodramatic as it sounds, with the climactic trial sequences proving particularly slow going." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scheck, Frank (July 8, 2016). "'The Dog Lover': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Gleiberman, Owen (July 7, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Dog Lover'". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Dog Lover". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ Kenny, Glenn. "The Dog Lover". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
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