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IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not a movie any child would enjoy. So why did I watch it? The CGI dogs and low quality... everything... had a certain charm, which sadly, kept me amused. Almost every scene in the movie is just characters standing in one spot with the camera slowly panning around them. The dialogue is pointless, repetitious nonsense meant to fill time, trying to stretch out the scenes the best they can. I found it amusing one dog is obviously intact. There's no wobble physics or anything, but there they are! The icing on the cake (or rather, chocolate frosting) was spotting a couple of starfishes later on. Were they there the whole time? The CGI looks like something rendered on a PS2. You'd think they'd at least render some fur on these dogs. But I watched anyway. So I guess, mission accomplished?

A CGI movie with talking dogs? Yep, count me in! However, this is not your ordinary children's fare. It is for adults. It shows cruelty and suffering and sadness and while the story ain't real, it reflects what some actual dogs - sorry, Hotanas - are forced to endure. The movie gets you in the feels. The animation wasn't the best - more like watching an 80-minute video game cut scene. But the movie was great! There's a variety of dogs to see. Odds are you'll find a favorite; mine was without a doubt the scruffy one. You don't have to be on some crusade to stop dog fighting to watch this. Maybe you're just a furry! Want to see a great show with talking dogs? The price of admission is watching some of the suffering they endure.

After hearing the premise of this movie, I was determined to take a look. Another tale like "One Stormy Night" perhaps? Exploring a friendship between predator and prey? Sign me up! However, this movie proved rather difficult to find and only recently has been made available on YouTube. Although not as good as OSN (a masterpiece) this was still a great movie for both children and adults. This adult plans to watch it again soon.

You'd think stop motion animation limits what you can do, and may even restrict the movie to little kids, but no. The animation looks experienced, and it doesn't matter if it's cell drawn or CGI or this, the story plays the same. Holding that against this movie is doing it a terrible disservice. So let's nip that now.

We have a story of predator and prey, fox and mouse, who both die and find themselves in heaven. They each blame each other as to why they're there, and even in heaven not all is forgiven. These two can't wait to be rid of each other. That's what makes this tale kind of cool. Like, how can they become friends? What are the rules in heaven? Questions are raised which keep you watching, wondering how things might affect what happens next.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, but perhaps I expected to, and found both both main characters endearing. The little female mouse probably had bigger nuts than the male fox! And when the movie goes for your heart, it gets it. When it was all over, there was no more tale to tell, but I wanted more. It left me feeling happy and hopeful.