My Life as a Dog

Pros: good direction and will hold your attention
Cons: subtitles

My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund, 1985) was directed by the now popular Lasse Hallström who is now know for Cedar House Rules (1999)and What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). I recently watched this movie as part of my Intro to...

Pros: Nice transfer, great movie, reasonable extras
Cons: Sold at a price point normally reserved for 2-disc sets.

This is a review I wrote for my site, Gamenikki.com. It is based on the Criterion DVD, due out March 25th.

There are some announcements of Criterion releases that come out of nowhere. My Life as a Dog could be considered one of them. If you...

Pros: solid story, great direction, cast & acting
Cons: print, even on DVD sucks, as well as the sound

Lasse Hallstrom’s “My Life as a Dog” is a warm, personal film that definitely has a similar feel to his other two cinematic gems, “The Cider House Rules” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”.

Starring a completely Swedish cast, “Dog” revolves...

Pros: Scenery, Swedish language, boy's handsome face, peaceful 1950's life
Cons: So touching, it can affect your normally hardened heart even at work

This film is a masterpiece in portraying life's triste moments, hard realities of adults' lives affecting their children's; the strong feelings of abandonment and loneliness children can experience so sharply; the happy moments that come between, and the...

Pros: An honest, touching movie. It may not change your life, but you'll think about it for a long time after you watch it.
Cons: As always, people will be turned off by having to read subtitles or by listening to dubbed dialogue. But that's a necessity -- Hollywood couldn't have produced this film.

The little boy (Ingemar) in this story will break your heart and also make you feel life-affirming hope. I don't think it's just the story portrayed in the film, I think it has a lot to do with the boy who plays the main character. Somehow, he manages to...

Pros: great actors, emotional, good writing
Cons: it ended

Every time I see this movie, I walk away with a different feeling on how it has made me look at my own life. This movie always stays complex in its very realistic look at the kinds of complications that life can throw at you. Faced with such tragedy it...

Pros: The cast, the story
Cons: -

Wow! I have never been able to get over the way I felt after my first of many viewings of My Life as a Dog! I can watch this movie over and over and it never seems to get stale. Along with Jean de Florette and its sequel Manon des...