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Summary: A Truly Enjoyable Movie!
Review: This movie is defenitly one for the ages, the idea of following a young boy and compare him to Laika the first space dog.
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Summary: Touching Film
Review: This movie looks at the intricate relationships of a young boy in Sweden. I could not believe the incredible performance he gave. American child actors and actresses lack so much in comparison to their foreign counterparts (Ponette, City of Lost Children, etc). Kids can do a lot more than be cute in movies and My Life as a Dog certainly makes that point.
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Summary: A time when life was simpler and less hurried.
Review: This movie takes us back in time to when children and adults actually interacted with one another. It is so revealing how children and adults used to participate in every day living experiences, unlike today, when children look at adults as a different form of life.
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Summary: A nice film by Lasse Hallström
Review: This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
"My Life as a Dog" known in Sweden as "Mitt Liv Som Hund" is inarguably Hallström's best known foreign language film. Though he has done other films they are American or British made. "Chocolat," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," and "Something to Talk About." He is also very well known for directing the music videos for the world famous Swedish pop group, ABBA.
The film is about a 12 year old boy in 1950's Sweden. He is very rambunctious and when his mother falls ill, his antics prevent her from recovering, so he is sent to live with his uncle. He meets new people there and makes friends with the towspeople. He often compares his misfortunes with those worse off than he is.
The film has some excelent scenes of the more rural areas Sweden and some fine photography also. It remains a very popular film to this day and has recieved or been nominated for many awards. It won a golden globe for best foreign film and was nominated for best director by the AMPAS. Though it is described by many people as a family film, it got a PG-13 rating in the US. Mainly for nudity and sexual diaglogue. There is a half second of full frontal female nudity, though non-sexual, it still may be a cause for parental concern. The other scene involves material that I feel uncomfortable mentioning but parents are urged to watch the film themselves before letting their children see it.
The special features on the Criterion DVD include Lasse Hallström's first film, "Ska vi gå hem till dej eller till mej eller var och en till sitt?" which translates to, "Shall We Go to My Place or Your Place or Each Go Home Alone?" This film has some explicit sex scenes and definately not appropriate for children.
There is also a theatrical trailer and an interview with Lasse Hallström. The liner notes also include a special notation about the film by Kurt Vonnegut.
Fans of Swedish cinema will enjoy this release.
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Summary: When bad transfers happen to good films...
Review: This was so disappointing to me. "My Life as a Dog" was one of my all-time favorite films. I already had it on video, and wanted to have a cleaner copy on DVD, as well as some features.! IT IS NOT, I repeat, *NOT* WIDESCREEN! Worse, the transfer is grainy, and there seems to be little or no remastering. CRITERION would do a bang-up job on this film, it's just a shame that so many distributers can't get their act together and put a little effort into what they're doing. If you want to hear commentary, see it in its original film ratio, or even see a decent transfer for heaven's sake, go to Criterion's web-site and send them a message that you want to see this film done right. You might also go to Fox Lorber's web site, and let them know you expect more than VHS-on-a-disk. DVD, as a media, is in a critical state right now, and the studios are trying to see if the general public will accept bare-bones releases. We need to let them know that we won't.
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Summary: An interesting movie
Review: To tell the truth I fast forwarded through the movie because the dubbed voices got on my nerves. The basic premise is that he gets sent to the countryside because his mother is dying of cancer. While in the countryside he befriends a 13 year old girl who is just beginning to develop. She speaks frankly to him about the physical changes she is going through. I enjoyed the fraternity of kids (age 8-13) who got along like our gang from the little rascal shorts. There is some nudity in this movie that some may find alarming, therefore this is an 18 and above movie. Enjoy.
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Summary: a story about a boy his mother and his dog.
Review: very good video about growing up it won lots of award
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Summary: Why, dear God, is this a "comedy"?
Review: While this movie has about as much business in the comedy section as Austin Powers does in romance, it is an excellent film. I only give it three stars because of the little girl's chest taping incident and the repitition of that damn "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" song. Other than that, that kid is INCREDIBLE. I find it amazing how some child actors can move you to tears with simple facial expressions while others induce you to form a deep hatred for all things 12 & under. The story is terribly depressing in that beautiful, European way that Hollywood has so much trouble grasping. I recommend seeing this movie at least once--it makes an impression.
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