Who says best friends have to be human? Not Willie Morris (Frankie Muniz), who receives a talented terrier named Skip for his birthday. With Skip's remarkable and unconventional help, Willie and Skip turn bullies into friends, tangle with hapless moonshiners, and even win the affections of the prettiest girl in school. Shining with warmth and humour, My Dog Skip unleashes a story that will have the entire family sitting up and begging for more!
Frankie Muniz (Willie Morris); Diane Lane (Ellen Morris); Luke Wilson (Dink Jenkins); Kevin Bacon (Jack Morris); Bradley Coryell (Big Boy Wilkinson); Daylan Honeycutt (Henjie Henick); Cody Linley (Spit McGee); Caitlin Wachs (Rivers Applewhite); Peter Crombie (Junior Smalls); Clint Howard (Millard); Mark Beech (Army Buddy); Susan Carol Davis (Mrs. Jenkins); David Pickens (Mr. Jenkins); Lucile Doan Ewing (Aunt Maggie); Nathaniel Lee Jr. (Sammy (as Nathaniel Lee)). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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So so Kids' film that lacks a strong enough story
Mark Banks (United Kingdom)
Opinion: Limited Recommendation
I thought My Dog Skip was okay, but in a world where we are inundated with films to choose from, 'okay' isn't really enough. The biggest fault is that there just wasn't a single strong enough hook holding this film together; there were things going on with the star football player living next door, the unfair father, the bullies in school, the pretty young schoolmate, the lost dog, the local criminals, and the second world war to top it all off. To concentrate on just one or two or those would have given the film a lot more clarity. However, the one hook they could well have dropped altogether was the crush Willie has on his school friend 'Rivers'. This didn't sit well with me - I think there's far too much encouragement for children to grow up too fast these days, and the sight of the two of them holding hands was unnecessary. Maybe it does happen in real life but there's no need to give it implicit encouragement - just let kids be kids! All in all there's little that's offensive in this film, but I would have awarded it a PG or 12 as opposed to Universal, for the potential encouragement of romance at too young an age.
