Academy Awards, USA 2009
| Nominated Oscar | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Chris Williams Byron Howard |
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by Chris Williams and Byron Howard
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Disney)
A girl and her dog are stars in an action TV series. This fact is hidden from the dog, who believes he really has superpowers. One day he escapes from his trailer on the set and ends up being mailed to New York City. He gradually begins to learn that he does not have superpowers. He befriends and alley cat and they set out across the country to reunite with his owner. They have various misadventures along the way, but importantly the cat teaches him what it means to be a real dog. They eventually reach Hollywood, where he thinks his owner rejects him, but a fire in the studio gives him an opportunity to prove otherwise. A good variation on the old Disney boy and his dog plot, but comes dangerously close to breaking the unwritten rule of unconditional love between the two as well as the one that the dog never dies. There is, of course, a happy ending.
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