Source: kmuw.org
Publish Date: June 18, 2020
Author: Fletcher Powell

[…] The movie doesn’t treat Marona like a typical cartoon dog — it knows she’s a dog, with a dog’s wants and needs, and she perceives the people around her as she actually might. She’s no omniscient narrator. And in this way, it becomes both a simple story about a dog’s life, and also a way for us to contemplate ourselves, as people, and our lives, the way we treat ourselves and others, and the vast, extraordinary journey of it all. The movie’s animation is simply jaw-dropping, some of the best I’ve ever seen in my life, and it makes for a gorgeous, sad, thrilling, elevating experience that I never expected to have. […]

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