![]() ![]() By that time, Enzo, (voice of Kevin Costner) had already starting narrating the story, letting us know that someday, when his life as a dog comes to an end, he intends to come back as a man. It only took a few minutes for the film to flash back to when that owner, Denny (Milo Ventimiglia), picked cute little Enzo out of a litter, brought him home, and told him all about his life as a garage mechanic and wannabe race driver. ![]() ![]() What I got in the opening moments of it - the introduction of Enzo the dog, so old that he can’t even get up to greet his master at the door - was a hint that I was about to be bombarded by an onslaught of blatant manipulation. Give me “Isle of Dogs,” “Best in Show,” “Homeward Bound” and, on the extreme end, “A Boy and His Dog,” and I’m wagging my tail.īut I was no happy pup watching the film adaptation of the 2008 novel “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” Having never read the book, and not even knowing it was about a dog till I saw the poster on the way into the theater, I had no expectations. I love dogs, and with the exceptions of “Old Yeller” and “Cujo” (and a host of unimaginative, sappy films), I love dog movies. ![]()
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