Isle of Dogs (2018)
91%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
34 wins & 94 nominations total
The beautifully stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs finds Wes Anderson at his detail-oriented best while telling one of the director’s most winsomely charming stories.
Isle of Dogs is the perfect movie for anyone who loves dogs, Wes Anderson, or just wants to see a bunch of stop-motion canines running around on screen. The attention to detail is amazing, and the humor is deadpan in the best way possible. Plus, who doesn’t love a good cultural window dressing? Just make sure you don’t get too lost in Anderson’s creativity and forget to appreciate the emotional power of the storytelling. Overall, a thoroughly enchanting experience that will leave you wanting to adopt a pack of your own furry friends.
Production Company(ies)
Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited), Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
UK
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some violent images
Year of Release
2018
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 41m
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Language(s):English, Japanese
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Country of origin:United States, Germany
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 6, 2018 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2018
Genre(s)
Comedy/Adventure
Keyword(s)
Isle of Dogs, PG-13, Wes Anderson, Bryan Cranston, Ed Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber, Jeff Goldblum, stop-motion animation, comedy, adventure, Thematic Elements, Some Violent Images, Fox Searchlight, Dolby Digital, Scope (2.35:1), Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, written by Wes Anderson, $31.9M, 370 Reviews, 87% Audience Score, reviewed by J.R Jones, Robert Daniels, David Stratton, Jake Wilson, Chris Stuckmann, Wenlei Ma, Brian Eggert, Jeffrey Harris, Daisy Leigh-Phippard, Cory Woodroof, Kip Mooney, Milana Vujkov, directed by Wes Anderson, produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, PG-13 rating, Trash Island, Atari, Spots, canine pets, Megasaki City, pack of mongrel friends, epic journey, fate, future, entire Prefecture
Worldwide gross: $64,337,744
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $75,710,969
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,151
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 8,256,376
US/Canada gross: $32,015,231
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $37,674,684
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,191
US/Canada opening weekend: $1,620,294
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $1,906,719
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,212
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Ed Norton – Rex (Voice)
Scarlett Johansson – Nutmeg (Voice)
Bill Murray – Boss (Voice)
Liev Schreiber – Spots (Voice)
Jeff Goldblum – Duke (Voice)
Director(s)
Wes Anderson
Writer(s)
Wes Anderson
Producer(s)
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Film Festivals
Berlin, South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
34 wins & 94 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (370) | Top Critics (73) | Fresh (333) | Rotten (37)
The director and his hip writing partners (Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, Kunichi Nomura) infuse their imaginary world with winning deadpan humor.
March 5, 2020
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Wes Anderson’s latest venture, Isle of Dogs, is another example of the writer/director’s editing and camerawork craftsmanship. A triumph of his own Andersonian aesthetic, yet an albatross concerning his appetite for cultural window dressing.
August 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/4
Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
TOP CRITIC
With its beautiful formal imagery, its gallery of hugely likeable canines and its cheerfully crazy plotting, Isle of Dogs really is a unique experience, and a thoroughly enchanting one.
April 13, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
This is outwardly one of Anderson’s bleakest films. It’s also one of his dullest and least emotional.
April 13, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
It’s almost as if Anderson is knowingly allowing the actors’ personalities to seep through…the stop-motion is staggering…
April 11, 2018 | Rating: B+
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
Isle of Dogs is quintessential Wes Anderson – that fetishistic attention to detail and a deadpan-ness that saves his brand of whimsy from becoming twee.
April 11, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
TOP CRITIC
It’s perhaps too easy for the viewer to become lost in Anderson’s creativity, as opposed to becoming lost in the emotional power of the storytelling, and so Isle of Dogs feels less engaging than his previous output.
March 14, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Isle of Dogs is a perfect film for dog lovers, or maybe just animal lovers in general. It expresses the special bond and friendship between humans and their pets. Wes Anderson realizes these ideas with an amazing, unique flare.
February 23, 2022 | Rating: 9/10
Jeffrey Harris
411mania
Anderson tried to make space for culture but the argument still holds that the film certainly comes from a Western perspective; its complex communication study, while creative, is not designed to be absorbed by those that speak both English and Japanese.
February 21, 2022
Daisy Leigh-Phippard
Screen Queens
All of Anderson’s films have some level of warmth, but few have this fierce of a bite.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
Meticulously crafted, well-acted and often hilarious.
August 21, 2021 | Rating: B+
Kip Mooney
College Movie Review
[A] blend of innocence and weltschmerz.
July 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Milana Vujkov
Lola On Film…
Plot
When all the dogs in Megasaki City are exiled to Trash Island, a 12-year-old boy named Atari sets off on a journey to find his bodyguard-dog, Spots, with the help of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film, Isle of Dogs.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Isle of Dogs includes Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, and Jeff Goldblum, among others.
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