Red Dog – Mein treuer Freund (2016)

Red Dog – Mein treuer Freund: Directed by Kriv Stenders. With Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Bryan Brown, Hanna Mangan Lawrence. An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.

“I feel bad having to give only a five rating as the lead character was a young person who acted his heart out and did so well but the movie doesnu0026#39;t deserve a higher ranking. I would have enjoyed it ever so much more if it didnu0026#39;t have the feel of movie-making by numbers: we must have some homosexual characters, we must knock Christians (this time mission nuns), we must have mystical Aboriginals etc… political correctness will be the death of good story telling. There is nothing wrong with each of these individually but it felt contrived as if the director had to get them on screen somehow. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd as much as I love stories about dogs I felt this one tried to milk that good will too much. The dog chasing the plane when the boy leaves, it was all too much. Maybe I would give it a higher rating if it hadnu0026#39;t been called Red Dog as it felt like a blatant cashing-in on that crazily enjoyable film. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis wasnu0026#39;t a story about the dog it was a story about a boy becoming a man. Great scenery, great acting and great dog it just didnu0026#39;t come together as a good story.”