Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Ilya Ratner I am baffled, by the number of 9 and 10 star reviews this film has received. If a reviewer starts out by professing their love for Wes Anderson or dogs, their review should be tossed aside as an empty can of sardines that one might find in the trash on the Isle of Dogs. This film clearly under-performs. Its technical aspects -- the visuals, voices, all the production values -- to my untrained eye are quite good. It's quirky and original. The plot is decent, albeit that there's little tension. What dark, tense moments do exist don't last and don't grab us. In other words, it's rather superficial.There's little character development, save for one dog, where we can see some character trajectory, but, again, it fails to go deeper. That is to say, the movie plays it quite safe; it engages us enough to keep on watching, but it doesn't want to stir up anything deeper inside of us. This movie is a tad dark to be a kids' movie, yet too superficial to be a good adult film. I can see where my 12yo would enjoy it.

jazminderr The attention to detail is GORGEOUS. Just for the art alone it gets high marks. And the offbeat style was great, q.bit different and captured something that I hadnt seen in a while. I was accompanied by brothers and friends some who weren't necessarily fans but ended up enjoying it a lot. One thung I liked was how the Japanese was selectively translated. Also the political and ecologicalsituations harked back to the reality of today. The dogs were heartwarming. The people were wierd. It was a quirky movie. Awesome.

japearson-55450 As you'd expect from Wes Anderson, the visuals are the most impressive aspect of this movies with there always being something to look at on screen. The dogs even have fleas moving around their body! The characters themselves consist of a ragtag pack of dogs and their leader "Chief" trying to get by on trash island, which is where the Japanese government dumped them due to a dog flu outbreak. The main human antagonist, Atari visits the island in search of his lost dog "Spots". Atari also happens to be the nephew of the current Japanese leader Megahashi, with spots being Ataris old support dog. As Atari sets off in search of his dog, his plane crash lands and is found by Chiefs pack. From thereforth, he befriends the group of dogs and they help him search for his pet. Chief is at first reluctant to help the boy due to being the only stray whom does not believe in human ownership, but the development of his and Ataris relationship is one of the most important and heartwarming moments of the story. Half of the film also focuses on mainland Japan as a group of protesters uncover a government conspiracy directly relating to dog flu, including the discovery of an antidote which has been hidden from public eye due to the leaders diastase for dogs. Overall, cannot fault this movie much and have watched it twice already. I reccomend watching it at least once over for the visuals alone. I expecially enjoy the Japanese text and dialogue as I studied the language at university.One thing I do question is why they didn't choose Japanese breeds for the dog characters, although I suppose they would be limited and some audiences would not recognise them. There are also some parts which are not translated, but I think this is more artistic choice and to express how personal some conversations between Spots and Atari are supposed to be.

Mary-Rachel-Islam McDonalds, shame on you. Listen to us. Give.Scarlet.Johanson.a.job.finally. Anything to get her off the screen. Whoever she is joining on the casting couch has finally caught up with her. She is useless. First she insulted and f'u'd Japan in Lost In Translation, then she became a Japanese in Ghost In The Shell (biggest pile of rubbish itself since The Force Awakens) and now she is a Japanese dog!! No wonder, people were up in arms when she tried to be a transsexual recently. This film is a cliché and based on a formula. Get Wafus and dog lovers in and present them with a formula for the director, all his films are the same.