Mountain is home to a coterie of sheep and mastiffs, who don't just live together peacefully, but who delight in making music with each other. The fact that Rock Dog was adapted from a Chinese graphic novel entitled Tibetan Rock Dog may help to explain a certain Lost Horizon ambience that creeps into at least the setting,įor all the world looks like that hidden llamesery in Shangri-La, but which in this telling is a sequestered village known as Snow Mountain.
The film is brightly (if again fairly unambitiously) animated, and asĪbove it has some interesting voice talent, but this is one rock dog that could have used a few more music lessons. Helped pique the interest of anyone over the age of, say, six or seven. Tries awfully hard to entertain (perhaps too hard, some might suggest) while simply not offering much if anything innovative that would That may be a convenient excuse, however, for someĬurmudgeons might suggest that the film's failure to connect with audiences (and not just in China) is due at least as much to a cliché ridden story Largest theater chains, which kept Rock Dog from being screened in wide release. Returns in China, one of the film's production countries, something that has been suggested is due to some scheming on the part of one of China's
The film has rather interestingly been subject to some scuttlebutt involving its perhaps surprisingly paltry box
Was there really any doubt that dancing and good old fashioned rock 'n' roll were going to return to Bomont by the end of Footloose? Of course not, and like so many other films where theĪrc is pretty predictable, the film's pleasures were derived not so much in the (expected) destination as in the journey toward getting there.ĭog is an affable if generally unambitious animated film that has a rather interesting voice cast but which suffers from a totally rote storyĪ few exotic elements) that, like Footloose, posits a society where music has been forbidden and where it's simply a given that music will Overall, didn't love it but liked it better than thought.Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, May 15, 2017 On paper, Lewis Black didn't seem right to me for a villain but he won me over, making Linnus a suitably formidable and somewhat cool villain. JK Simmons is perfectly gruff as well and Luke Wilson is a likable lead. Voice acting is good, with the best contribution coming from a note-perfect Eddie Izzard. Fleetwood Yak (nostalgic adults will have a good chuckle at this) is fun too. Stealing the show though is the hilarious character Angus Scattergood, a character so rich in personality and so much fun he is worthy of a solo outing of some kind. Although he could have been better fleshed out more, the lead character is an easy to relate to one. Writing is witty and heartfelt and while the story execution is less than perfect it goes at a bright and breezy pace, is fun, is inspiring, is well-meaning and has a heart of gold that comes over movingly. In particular "Glorious", which lives up to its name. The music is truly amazing and along with the supporting characters steals the show.
However, the animation may not be mind-blowing or imaginative but it's colourful and detailed enough and at least the characters don't look ugly. The film is also too short, if it were twenty minutes longer it would have fleshed out the slightly underdeveloped lead character Boni more and done more with the disapproving parent cliché. 'Rock Dog' may not be ground-breaking in story, a good deal of it is derivative, and some of the plotting concerning the villain's plan is a bit strange and takes away at times from the rest of the story. 'Rock Dog' is less than perfect, but for the imperfections there are it has its heart in the right place, it knows who to aim it at and really tries to appeal to all ages and it doesn't try too hard or attempt to do more than it needs to. It's also much better than especially anything from Video Brinquedo and, although to me critics do not deserve anywhere near the over-the-top bashing they get on the internet, 'Rock Dog' is another case of liking it much more than they did and going against the grain. Disney, Pixar, Studio Ghibli), nor does it ever try to be or be anything more than it is. Coming from a big lifelong animation fan, 'Rock Dog' may not be on par with the best films of the best major animation studios (i.e.
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