I'm a cat person, but I guess I'm also a Wes Anderson Stop-Motion person, because I'm obsessed with the visuals of this (and Fantastic Mr. Fox).
There were points when the story was a little hard to follow, but I think I was just falling into a trance over how beautiful it was, so I was partially zoning out. It's like when you look at a Magic Eye, and your eyes are working but your brain has stopped processing, and then all the sudden it's a sailboat and you snap out of it.
Isle of Dogs
Welcome to the Isle of Dogs.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
3/23/2018Runtime
101 minsOverview
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
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A visually meticulous stop-motion adventure that balances witty humor with genuine warmth, following a boy and a scrappy pack of dogs on a quest through a surreal, beautifully crafted island. It's a film that takes its whimsy seriously, delivering both laugh-out-loud moments and surprising emotional depth.
Mood
WhimsicalEpicPlayful
Themes
FriendshipComing of ageLove
Tone
Playful
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stop-motionStylized genrePainterly
Structure
Linear
Bryan Cranston
Chief (voice)
Koyu Rankin
Atari Kobayashi (voice)
Bob Balaban
King (voice)
Edward Norton
Rex (voice)
Bill Murray
Boss (voice)
Jeff Goldblum
Duke (voice)
Kunichi Nomura
Mayor Kobayashi (voice)
Fisher Stevens
Scrap (voice)
Akira Takayama
Major Domo (voice)
Greta Gerwig
Tracy Walker (voice)
Ken Watanabe
Head Surgeon (voice)
Frances McDormand
Interpreter Nelson (voice)
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