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Summary: My childhood favorite!
Review: Hopefully yours too! Very touching and well thought storyline!
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Summary: Not for younger viewers...
Review: I agree with some of you, this movie is not a real kids movie, or, atleast not younger kids (7 and under). It does contain some things that may upset younger, or less mature viewers. The plot is slightly on the dark side, a change from the usual happy, peppy cartoons. But I love it none the less. The characters are unique for an animated film. Charlie - although in all respects you should hate, atleast for the begging of the film, is a lovable mutt and is enjoyable to watch. Anne Marie is a darling character, adorable from every aspect. Especially her voice, which was done to perfection by Judith Barsi. I admit the villian is more than annoying, and not incredibly intimidating. The basic plot is good, and the animation is nice. Annabelle (The Whippe in heaven) is a slightly ditzy little creature, who is enjoyable enough in her little part. The songs are okay. "You Can't Keep A Good Dog Down' is good enough, but "Lets Make Music Together" needs a bit to be desired. In short, do not buy this movie if you want to show your little 3 year old the happy dogs running around, go for 101 Dalmatians if you want that. But if your looking for perhaps a more realistic, darker movie, that is enjoyable and wont make adults cringe too much, this one is for you.
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Summary: "Good-bye is not forever." "Well, then, good-bye, Charlie!"
Review: I first saw "All Dogs Go To Heaven" years ago, and I did not appriciate it until I was older, though I liked it even then. Charlie, the German Shepard mutt on the front cover, is my favorite type of character: a wise-cracking, money-loving guy on the outside with a big heart inside. His pal Itchy is everything you can hope for in a sidekick. While I agree this movie is not "Cinderella", I first saw it at age six and it did absolutely nothing to upset me. This movie is about hope. Give it a try; you may re-discover hope in your own life . . . because ya can't keep a good dog down.
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Summary: A childhood favorite
Review: I have not seen the DVD of this movie, but will comment on the movie itself: With a movie based around dogs running a gambling (rat races) and bar joint, it already earns coolness factor among children's fare. As a child of about 9 when this movie was originally released (ten years ago) these references went straight over my head. Strangely the movie is still entertaining, although slipping a bit into typical heartwarming stuff after the introduction of the little girl into the mix (who is being held by Charlie's - the German Shephard-like lead dog voiced wonderfully by Burt Reynolds - nemesis, Carface because she can talk to animals and thus know who will win the day's race.) Set in New Orleans, the main plot (which the rest is filler really) is Charlie and his partner Itchy return to the joint that Charlie and Carface used to run together (up until Charlie was thrown into the clinker - the dog pound - until Itchy got him out, the great escape is where the movie begins) and under the guise of helping Charlie set up his own place, Carface holds a party at Mardi Gras where Charlie gets a little too sloshed and makes him an easy target for a cleancut murder. All dogs go to heaven of course despite the fact there's little record of our lead actually doing any good in his earthly canine life, but heaven wasn't good enough for Charlie, he wants revenge, so he steals his watch of life, winds it back up and heads back down for Vengeance upon the ones who has done him wrong. That's when his life gets entangled with the little orphan girl (called "Squeaker" by him through most of the movie after a rather cute scene which I won't spoil here), who he 'rescues' for 'using' her for his own selfish purposes instead of helping the child realize her dreams, but his coming to care for her in turn ends up leading to his own true salvation. A very 'dark' film, in lighting and sometimes even in story, there's many morals to be found underneath, the biggest being that even imperfect people (or animals) have goodness in their heart, they only have to reach out and open their hearts to find it. The badguys are truly bad although the lead villan's Chihuahua looking scrapgoat shows a kinder side sometimes, and are played out kind of like mobsters and not too over-the-top. There are no ridiculous ambitions, simply the doing in of Charlie so that his claim to the business is his void (he'd be dead afterall), which is a refreshing pace from superhero movies. The voice acting is very good in most cases, and a couple of the songs don't even make adults cringe too much (especially the one in heaven is quite nice). A well done film throughout, which spawned a mediocre sequel and animated series. However, there's no substitute for the original, which is one of the best animated movies to come out of the 90s period. Children will love it, and adults will be able to watch it without feeling too ill or out of place, and those that grew up on it, probably still hold it close to their hearts.
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Summary: A great classic
Review: I loved this movie as a kid and it still holds up. I probably have watched it over 25 times. It may be dark for some kids, but some kids can handle it. At least give it a chance.
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Summary: FINE MOVIE! But Barney is stll fat enough to kill them
Review: I remember loving this as a kid because it had dogs in it, but I didn't really know what was going on. When I watched it later, I was horrified that this was made as a children's animated movie because of the violence and bad lessons taught in it. There is drinking, smoking, machine gun violence, murder, betrayal, stealing, and other lessons that should not be taught to little children. Mind you, I did not understand this until I was older, so it might be harmless and not as bad as I perceived it as an adult. The ending is actually touching, because Charlie, the main character, is an angel because he changes his selfish ways and saves Marie's life. Also, this DVD does not have a widescreen format, which is disappointing, because full screen cuts out some of the movie. The movie is dark, so I recommend it for children seven and up.
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Summary: Not for the younger children
Review: I remember loving this as a kid because it had dogs in it, but I didn't really know what was going on. When I watched it later, I was horrified that this was made as a children's animated movie because of the violence and bad lessons taught in it. There is drinking, smoking, machine gun violence, murder, betrayal, stealing, and other lessons that should not be taught to little children. Mind you, I did not understand this until I was older, so it might be harmless and not as bad as I perceived it as an adult. The ending is actually touching, because Charlie, the main character, is an angel because he changes his selfish ways and saves Marie's life. Also, this DVD does not have a widescreen format, which is disappointing, because full screen cuts out some of the movie. The movie is dark, so I recommend it for children seven and up.
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Summary: A kids movie!
Review: I saw this film when I was seven or eight years old. It's pretty tame compared to DBZ! There's nothing harmful in this film. Quite sweet and charming even though there are some tearful moments. It has a great lesson on love and friendship.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I saw this movie when I was very little and up untill just recently (I'm 19 now) it stopped scaring me stupid. Hehe. Really though, only a few parts of this film were scary (like that nightmare scene. That is FREAKY, even to this day!) This movie is definately darker, so I wouldn't show this to little tots. I reccomend 9 as a good age, any earlier and your kids could have nightmares...
An earlier reviewer said they were shocked at the content in this movie- yes, it does have drinking. It does have smoking. And murder. And betrayl. And Hell. It features gambling, guns, and all that- but guess what? So does the world we're living in. This movie was very realistic. Charlie isn't a role model figure. He's your average schmoe who just escaped the pound and was about to get back into a life that wound him up in the pound in the first place before he was killed. But he is forgiven anyways for it. And even more beautiful is, he was given a second chance. Technically, I still consider him dead, even after he comes back. He thinks he's seeking revenge on Carface, but instead he finds an orphaned little girl and he intends to kidnap and use her, but instead, finds himself careing for her. He looks out for her like a loyal dog would, and in the end, he sacrifices himself for her so she can live. He becomes a blessing to Anne Marie, and she becomes a blessing to him. She teaches him a valuable lesson. He didn't deserve to go to heaven in the first place, but he learns to love and in the end, achieves his salvation. ^_^
This movie has a very deep meaning, so it's for older kids and up. It's up to parents to tell their kids that Itchy and Charlie were lucky. Espically Itchy. Both dogs fell into all the temptations and pitfalls out there in the world, and Itchy was lucky to escape with his life. But just because these temptations are out there doesn't mean we have to give in to them. We can choose not to, like Anne Marie did. :)
I think this movie was a masterpiece.
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Summary: FINE MOVIE! But Barney is stll fat enough to kill them
Review: I saw this movie,I saw most of it though.This movie was nice,but mean,also the additinoal dogs looked funny...very funny! Not funn,funny-looking-I saw ADGTH 2 was muuuuch better!!
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