While Besson, Landry Jones, and a pack of mutts lend DogMan their roaring souls, this entry offers ample creative risks and kibbled returns.
[Caleb Landry Jones] is astounding in this role, so you sit there completely engaged in this film where there is not a single believable moment in it.
Read full articleI wouldn't recommend watching DogMan for its half-baked rumination on god or forgiveness... But I would recommend watching this if you are curious to see how far Caleb Landry Jones is willing to go.
Read full articleBesson’s extra-schlocky sensibilities seem ideally suited to his star, but he never gives Jones anything worth showing off.
Read full articleIt’s as big a swing as any in Besson’s career, and consequently, when it wholly and embarrassingly misses, the blow back is borderline overpowering.
Read full articleWith Jones, it’s a weirdly moving, even charming depiction of a man refusing to rail at God but instead using his broken gifts for redemption.
Read full articleYes, it continually goes on and off the rails, but then it spits you off into an unexpected, but rather ingenious, place at the end.
Read full articleWhile I can appreciate the ambition and uniqueness, the film tried to merge too many genres. I didn't feel like I got enough of any one part to be satisfied.
Read full articleHere’s the best way I can summarize this movie: Caleb Landry Jones stars as Douglas, a hyper-religious, Shakespeare-obsessed guy in a wheelchair who can communicate with dogs and also does drag and fights gangs. You’re either already sold, or you’re out.
Read full articleKind of an idiotic movie built on a ludicrous premise. But Caleb Landry Jones puts in an interesting performance here, inhabiting an odd space that hovers between a hard-earned state of grace and quiet menace. His singular talent keeps a viewer invested.
Read full articleA charismatic pack of well-trained canines almost come to the rescue of Luc Besson's crime thriller 'Dogman.'
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