DogMan

Douglas Munrow upsets his bully father who throws him to the dogs as punishment. But he befriends the dogs and they stay with him throughout his tempestuous life.

There's so much to say about this film. Part of it is down to the mind of Besson who never fails to bring a quality produced film with a -sometimes- slightly bizarre theme.

Caleb Landry Jones is superb as Douglas. His performance alone is so mesmerising you could easily forget what the plot of the film is. The plot is basically man's inhumanity to man, contrasting to dog's devotion to man. Which are the purer animals? The ones full of hate and violence? Or the ones full of love and friendliness?

The story is told mainly by dialogue between Douglas and his assigned psychiatrist Evelyn, played admirably by JoJo T Gibbs. And also flashbacks which fill in the gaps for us. However the timeline never seems forced, or interrupted. It flows like a great story should giving us exactly what we need to know and only when we need it.

Their narrative explores some of the issues about right and wrong, self justification, hiding from who you really are and being exactly as you want to be.

It corners on how pain from other humans can cause us to change and be different to how we should be. Yet a dog or an innocent child can bring us back from the brink.

Very much enjoyed this film, Landry Jones blew me away, that's the best I've ever seen him. And with Besson behind the scenes production is fabulous in all ways.

I give it a rock solid 7.

This bizarre, odd drama/thriller had many critics rolling their eyes I'm disbelief, according to the reviews I read.

I found it daring, ballsy, utterly strange ,poignant and had lots of heart.

It also contains lots of cute,lovely dogs.... Caleb Laundry Jones continues his journey into playing socially detached, awkward characters and like his previous effective performance in Nitram,he isn't afraid of portraying them with a sense of sympathy either.

He's one of the best actors around at the moment.

To play a disabled guy in leg irons,dressed in drag takes courage in today's toxic,cancel culture.

The film is like a twisted version of Oliver Twist,with dogs as the artful dodgers.

The Little Big Man/Forrest Gump style setup works on showing the audience show this strange man with his'children' of dogs came to be.

Only the ending feels rushed and out of place.

Dogman tells a story of a unique and outlandish character from a kid growing up in broken home and how he survived his adulthood. Categorizing this movie as an action film and a name like 'Dogman' might lead you to expect a fast-paced or a superhero movie, but although there are some action bits in this movie, it mostly deals with social issues, crime and art.

If you are a dog lover you will like this film and you will see plenty of this friendly breed in it, however this film is not about dogs, it could have been about bats or robots (although the name Batman is already taken) with the same kind of success.

Luc Besson does a great job here of telling a story, which he usually does well. I don't know what made him come up with this story but it's not something you see every day. The acting here is superb and made me rate this movie higher than I would otherwise do.

Overall I think this movie is worth watching, as long as you come in with the right expectations. If you can enjoy some art, singing and also some uneasy violent scenes you will enjoy this one. Exact score: 71 / 100.

This film is simply brilliant, whatever the fervent critics say! A great Luc Besson's movie like we haven't seen in a while. Being compared to an insipid Joker it shows how little it's been understood. Just because an outsider struggles to survive despite the horrors he has been through doesn't mean he is a Joker's copycat! Films about men with broken souls existed before the Joker! Anyway, this film is full of tenderness and poetry, with impeccable picture quality and breathtaking scenes such as the Edith Piaf's song performance: mind blowing! BRAVO and I hope Caleb Landry Jones will get an Oscar nomination, more than deserved!!

I cannot explain why, but this movie just moved me! The story may sometimes be illogical or a bit « too much » but there is just something about it that is worth watching.

It may be the perfect choices of music or the impeccable acting of Caleb Landry Jones.

It's just the kind of movie you have to watch at the big screen and get into it without asking yourself too many questions, just let it take you and it will.

Usually IMDb overrates and I never post a review but I saw so many negatives things without giving it its credit I just had to write something.

I get that people are angry because of Besson's history but films are a collective work.