2-hour long un-necessary drama for pet people. The cast is stellar, but don't watch it unless you have a thing for Great Danes.

Perhaps I'm getting sick of movies that jump around for no reason, like towards the end where she had the imaginary conversation in her writing with her dead friend. But that just seemed useless overall. The relationship between her and the dog could've been more than enough and far more heartfelt. Starting the movie with the scene with Murray's character meeting the dog rather than at the end would've made way more sense also. The characters are mostly flat, which for a drama is disappointing. You don't really get to know her or any of the side characters. There's no depth. I really wanted to like it, because the casting was fantastic. It's just missing the depth to connect with the main character and honestly even with the dog. 4/10. It could've been so much better.

What a wonderfully beautiful story about a writer who lost a dear friend and takes up the task of adopting his dog. What was going to be temporary turns out to be a deep unfound unexpected relationship with the dog that allows her to open up more emotionally about her friends, death and connect more with herself. This is certainly worthy of its title being at the Telluride film festival as it is a deep dive into the meaning of friendship and how a dog has played a big role in that in humans throughout history. The beginning was a bit rushed and odd, and it took a little while to get to the dog portion, and the film was a bit dragged out but properly cell. Certainly an enjoyable, relaxing tear jerker watch

Dog movies always get me. Great dog performance.

"What will happen to the dog?" Naomi Watts + dog = winning combo for me. Sorry, I'm a dog lover!