My Dog Skip (2000)
76%RT Audience Score: 68%
Awards & Nominations: 7 wins & 4 nominations
Critics say My Dog Skip is cute, wholesome entertainment for the family. It’s especially designed to appeal to your sentiment, but you might find yourself choking up just the same
My Dog Skip is a movie that will make you laugh, cry, and want to adopt a Jack Russell Terrier. Sure, it has its clichs and predictable moments, but it’s a heartwarming story about the bond between a boy and his dog. Plus, who doesn’t love a movie with cussin’ in it? Harry Connick Jr.’s narration may be a bit banal, but the real star of the show is Skip, who steals the spotlight from Frasier’s Eddie. So grab some tissues and get ready for a tail-wagging good time.
Production Company(ies)
Horizon Pictures,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Canton, Mississippi, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some violent content and mild language
Year of Release
2000
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 35m
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Language(s):English, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2000 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2004
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon, Caitlin Wachs, Bradley Coryell, directed by Jay Russell, written by Willie Morris, Gail Gilchriest, drama, PG rating, box office gross $34.1M, reviewed by Nell Minow, Susan Stark, Jan Stuart, Ty Burr, Kevin Maynard, Glenn Lovell, John J Puccio, Nick Rogers, Frank Swietek, Judith Egerton, family-friendly, heartwarming, boy and dog story, childhood, friendship, bullies, moonshiners, coming of age, American life, Mark Twain, cussin’, sentiment, wholesome entertainment, tears, cute, witty script, good-hearted, funny, sad, good cast, well-acted, well-directed, good story, family drama, prettiest girl in school, talented terrier, unconventional help, best friends, violent content, mild language, Warner Bros Pictures, John Lee Hancock, Mark Johnson, Andrew A Kosove, Flat (1.85:1), Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Worldwide gross: $35,547,761
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $61,654,597
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,245
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 6,723,511
US/Canada gross: $34,134,641
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $59,203,660
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 996
US/Canada opening weekend: $56,943
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $98,763
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,939
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $6,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $10,406,495
Production budget ranking: 1,651
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $5,603,897
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $45,644,205
ROI to date (est.): 285%
ROI ranking: 476
Diane Lane – Ellen Morris
Luke Wilson – Dink Jenkins
Kevin Bacon – Jack Morris
Caitlin Wachs – Rivers Applewhite
Bradley Coryell – Big Boy Wilkinson
John Lee Hancock – Producer
Mark Johnson – Producer
Andrew A. Kosove – Producer
Jay Russell – Director
Willie Morris – Writer
Gail Gilchriest – Writer
Director(s)
Jay Russell
Writer(s)
Willie Morris, Gail Gilchriest
Producer(s)
John Lee Hancock, Mark Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
7 wins & 4 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (22)
Great boy-and-dog tale, but be prepared for tears.
December 26, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
From the very first words you hear in My Dog Skip, you know you have hit a rare, precious breed of movie, one that honors and rejoices in the language.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/4
Susan Stark
Detroit News
TOP CRITIC
The banal voice-over narration by Harry Connick Jr., combined with the gooey score and feckless direction adds up to a sterilization of American life that makes Norman Rockwell look like Diane Arbus.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/4
Jan Stuart
Newsday
TOP CRITIC
Worst of all, the Jack Russell playing Skip is allowed to mug la Frasier’s Eddie instead of behaving like an actual canine.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: B-
Ty Burr
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
It may make you cry, but not because you’ve seen something worthy of your tears.
January 1, 2000
Kevin Maynard
Mr. Showbiz
TOP CRITIC
Paint -by- numbers stuff.
January 1, 2000
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
…a gem of a movie for children and adults, despite its clichs.
December 31, 2010 | Rating: 7/10
John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis
Not a mawkish dying-dog tearjerker, “My Dog Skip” carries a touch of Mark Twain, with quasi-dangerous tall tales and awareness of a gap between childhood and boyhood. Plus, as it’s said of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” there’s cussin’ in it.
September 19, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
July 24, 2006 | Rating: B
Frank Swietek
One Guy’s Opinion
Features two irresistible lead characters — and you can’t always say that about a movie.
July 1, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
So riddled with live-action Disney movie clichs that I kept waiting for Cruella de Ville to show up and threaten to skin the dog alive.
July 10, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/4
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
May 14, 2003 | Rating: 2/4
Laura Reiley
Palo Alto Weekly…
Plot
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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