Psychologists may be able to explain why we're so inured to on-screen death and/or dismemberment. I exceeded that total for “Old Yeller” alone because every death of a dog, no matter the circumstances, is tragic.
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MOVIE REVIEW: You'll want to hug your dog after 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' Yet only one tissue was required, that for "Brian's Song." In between the shootings and stabbings and zombie apocalypses, a few people died tragically, typically involving cancer or car accidents. I, and many others I know, refuse to watch.īy the time I was 18 (and like the majority of filmgoers), I'd probably seen hundreds, if not thousands, of onscreen deaths. And if a mature canine on his death doggie-bed is introduced in the first act, he's dead by the third. The story unfolds from the dog's point of view as he looks back on his long life, which is probably all of about 12 years due to inherent unfairness. That's hardly a spoiler, based on the reviews I've seen. And toward the end, the baby – now a 5-year-old girl – goes missing and appears to be in danger.I will not be among those in line to see "The Art of Racing in the Rain" because of one simple plot point. There are a couple of brief sex scenes, although they feature barely any nudity. Vikander’s character is understandably devastated both physically and psychologically after her loss, but she’s also the one to pressure her husband into lying and pretending the baby is theirs. The Light Between Oceans deals with the mature themes of birth and death, guilt and truth. But when an infant washes ashore in a small boat after a storm – along with her deceased father – the couple believes they’ve received one last shot at happiness. While they are initially happy, their attempts at starting a family end in two miscarriages. Stedman novel follows the tumultuous relationship between a stoic lighthouse keeper (Michael Fassbender) and his energetic, young wife (Alicia Vikander) living on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia just after World War I. Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation of the M.L. It’s beautifully shot and strongly acted. Viewers around 13 and older will probably be fine watching this heavy-duty, emotionally cathartic romantic drama. Rating: PG-13, for thematic material and some sexual content. There’s also a bit of language and a brief love scene. Several characters also get shot or stabbed to death in their pursuit of Langdon and his latest sidekick, a brilliant young doctor (Felicity Jones). Along the way, he finds himself plagued by hellish visions of bodies burning and writhing in pain and surging rivers of blood. Ron Howard once again directs Tom Hanks as Harvard professor Robert Langdon, whose mission this time is to stop a high-tech plague from killing billions of people worldwide.
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The third film based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novels about symbols and sinister secrets isn’t much better than its predecessors – The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons – but it is more disturbing in its imagery. Inferno is mostly silly, but it can be extremely scary and intense at times. This is one of those instances in which PG-13 really does mean that viewers under 13 shouldn’t see it. Rating: PG-13, for sequences of action and violence, disturbing images, some language, thematic elements and brief sensuality. I brought my 7-year-old son with me to a screening and he didn’t find anything frightening. There is eventual uplift, though, and the possibility of redemption. One version of Bailey gets shot and another is abandoned in the cold, dark night. Younger viewers may not perceive all that, but they’ll probably find the sight of dogs in danger and dying rather disturbing.
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But the script is also full of melodramatic situations and barely-drawn characters. Yes, this is a concept that requires you to make giant leaps in faith. He finds himself inside a German shepherd police dog and a corgi who befriends a college student, among others. It’s a hokey story about a dog named Bailey (voiced by a perky Josh Gad) whose spirit is repeatedly reincarnated over several decades. Director Lasse Hallstrom’s film is supposed to be inspirational, though. There’s no way you won’t cry, multiple times, at the shamelessly heart-tugging sight of adorable dogs dying over and over again. This movie is terrible, but it’s also terribly effective.
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Rating: PG, for thematic elements and some peril.