Rotten
It's all as clunkily melodramatic as it sounds, with the climactic trial sequences proving particularly slow going.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
The Dog Lover
She ended up on the wrong side of right.
2016 · 1h 41m · PG
Drama, Family
Directed by
Alex Ranarivelo
Overview
Sara Gold is a young girl on a quest to save man's best friend. When she goes undercover to take down a dog breeder suspected of wrongdoing, she quickly finds out she might be on the wrong side of right. Sara must make a decision: to continue and follow the orders of her organization, United Animal Protection Agency, or trust her instincts and the boy she's fallen in love with.
Director and cast
- Alex Ranarivelo Director
- Allison Paige as Sara Gold
- James Remar as Daniel Holloway
- Lea Thompson as Liz Holloway
- Jayson Blair as Will Holloway
- Sherry Stringfield as Jackie O'Connell
- Michael King as Trevor
- Christina Moore as Cassie Sumpter
- Annabelle Kavanagh as Abigail Holloway
- April Adams as Linda
- Ali Afshar as Raymond
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie is shamelessly manipulative on several levels, and the cast members do their respective bits effectively.
Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
Rescue-dog purists may not approve of the line "The Dog Lover" takes, yet to this dog lover it comes off as compassionate and realistic: a plea for a place where good care can become common sense.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Rotten
The film's prevailing theme may be that nothing is black and white, but the execution ... proves spottier than a kennel full of caged Dalmatians.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
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