Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

PodBill Just what I expected

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

morrison-dylan-fan Talking to a family friend recently,I discovered that he had picked up a number of titles which he believed I would enjoy viewing.Taking a look at the titles,I felt that it was the perfect time to meet a darling companion.The plot:Driving back home with her daughter from the airport,Beth notices a dog by the freeway.Getting out of the car with her daughter Grace,Beth finds no sign of any owners for the dog.Contacting a vet and the police,Beth & Grace find out that due to the dogs age,it will have to be put down,unless they decide to adopt it. Adopting the dog (who they name Freeway) Grace finds herself agreeing to go on a date with the vet.Years later:Getting married to the vet,Grace waves goodbye to Beth and her husband Joseph,and sets off on her honeymoon,with the last thing that Grace does being to promise Freeway that she will be back soon.After seeing their daughter get married at the location,Beth and Joseph decide to spend some time round the Rockies before they head home.Taking Freeway for a walk,Joseph suddenly receives an important business call.After taking the call,Joseph is horrified to discover that Freeway has run off.Giving Beth the bad news,Joseph and Beth start to search for Freeway,in the hope of finding the dog before Grace returns from her honeymoon.View on the film:Whilst the film got battered at the box office, (where it made $700,000,on a budget of 12 million!) the screenplay (partly inspired by the writers losing their own dog) by co-writer/ (along with his wife Meg) director Lawrence Kasdan has a warm folk charm,with Beth and Joseph (played by a joyful Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline)search for Freeway having a really dry sense of humour. Emphasising the movies folk notes,Kasdan smartly keeps the title largely outdoors,which allows for the film to soak up the lush Rockies location,as Beth and Joseph search along the freeway.

Christine Merser When you put Kevin Kline (why doesn't he get more roles? He's a lovely, subdued actor, and we certainly need more subdued actors), Dianne Wiest, Elisabeth Moss, Richard Jenkins, and Diane Keaton on the same set, you know the movie will have meat. It's not so much star-studded as talent- studded, which is much better if you like good film. By "good film" I mean a story that resonates with the viewer as real; a story filled with the tension that is our every day life, and best of all, a story that doesn't end with the hero saving the day and riding off into the sunset on a horse. The ending of this movie says, "There are good days and bad days and days you like your family and days you do not." The movie I'm talking about is called Darling Companion.The story centers around a rescued dog. The dog goes missing and everyone gets off the personal roller-coaster of their lives to try to find him. And that's when the lessons begin.The dog in this movie makes you want to rush out to adopt all homeless dogs. I don't know where they got him, but he is filmed from all the right angles. He isn't shot in close-ups like Lassie, but shown as part of a family's world in the way that dogs often come to be—the glue that holds everything together. I love the dog, whose real name is not in this review because after searching the Net for quite some time, I just couldn't find it. It should be in the cast list, but it's not. I'm just saying.The film is written by Lawrence Kasdan, whom we all remember from The Bill Chill. So apparently, in real life, Kasdan and his family adopted a dog and then lost him in the Rockies, where they extended their vacation three weeks until they found him. Darling Companion is based on that experience. It's like his famous Big Chill in that the plot is less important than the relationships between the characters. I like that about his films, and Darling Companion has that same rewarding interaction among its characters, which brings it all together. The husband and wife. The mother and daughter. The sister and brother. The mother and son. Is Kasdan the only writer/director who does that? Is he the only one who gives us one-on-one interactions in the context of a plot that really isn't all that important? Was there any resolution to the question of why Alex killed himself in The Big Chill? Where was the dog all those days he was missing in Darling Companion, and did anyone care?Sidebar. Can I mention here that the best part of The Big Chill was the music? We can all agree on that right?So here is a list of what you can take away from this movie: Dealing with a difficult mom; loving and hating your significant other at the same time; not caring what others think of you and being you anyway; making choices based on what feels good rather than what looks good; turning a car around, even on the highway, if you think you see something you should not turn away from.That's worth ten dollars right?

rubitony2002 I am a dog lover and never miss the chance to watch a good dog movie. I rented this movie thinking my 10 year old daughter and I would sit down and have an enjoyable time together. About 20 minutes into the movie and both my daughter and I were doing something else. She was on the computer and I was reading a Harbor Freight tools flyer that came in. The movie starts slow, stays slow and finishes slow. There are too many characters involved and hard to keep up with who's doing what and why. I only finished the movie to see what the ending was like. I am a glutton for punishment. I should have watched the 10 O'clock news instead. Didn't get my $1.30 worth. (I rented it at Redbox) I was very disappointed with it.

Rosedame Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a sleeper of a fantastic movie.. heartwarming, real, touching, true to life... and it gives meaning to loving animals as much if not more than people....who give us unconditional love, respect, and devotion... unlike our own humans.... but not withstanding, we still need the companionship of our own kind... but it as you will find out, is a much better world with our loving animals to keep us sane, grounded, and happy, It brings out all the emotions we humans have, for better or worse, but real...this wonderful movie makes you feel good about life.. something we all need right now............Go to see this movie now... don't wait.. run don't walk.. and see it over and over and over again....oh, bring a few tissues...