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The Dog Lover
The Dog Lover
	Poster
Directed by	Alex Ranarivelo
Written by	Ali Afshar; Alex Ranarivelo
Produced by	Tag Mendillo; Mandli Reno
Starring	Allison Paige; James Remar; Lea Thompson; Jayson Blair; Christina Moore
Cinematography	Rueden Steinberg
Edited by	Brett Hedlund
Music by	Jamie Christopherson
Release date	July 8, 2016;
Running time	101 minutes; 102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Dog Lover is a 2016 American drama film written by Alex Ranarivelo and Ali Afshar, directed by Ranarivelo and starring Allison Paige, James Remar, Lea Thompson, Jayson Blair and Christina Moore.^[1]

Plot

Cast

James Remar as Daniel Holloway
Lea Thompson as Liz Holloway
Jayson Blair as Will Holloway
Michael King as Trevor
Christina Moore as Cassie Sumpter
Ali Afshar as Raymond
Annabelle Kavanagh as Abigail Holloway
Cullen Douglas as Vincent Bogel
Matthew Glave as Mr. Gold
Kathleen Wilhoite as Mrs. Gold
Sherry Stringfield as Jackie McConnell
Allison Paige as Sara Gold

Release

The film was released on July 8, 2016.^[1]

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.^[3] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars out of four.^[4]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Rescue-dog purists may not approve of the line The Dog Lover takes, yet to this dog lover it comes off as compassionate and realistic: a plea for a place where good care can become common sense."^[2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review and wrote, "...it’s all as clunkily melodramatic as it sounds, with the climactic trial sequences proving particularly slow going."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Scheck, Frank (July 8, 2016). "'The Dog Lover': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b Gleiberman, Owen (July 7, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Dog Lover'". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ "The Dog Lover". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
^ Kenny, Glenn. "The Dog Lover". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

External links

The Dog Lover at IMDb
The Dog Lover at Rotten Tomatoes

[thr-1] Scheck, Frank (July 8, 2016). "'The Dog Lover': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[variety-2] Gleiberman, Owen (July 7, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Dog Lover'". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[3] "The Dog Lover". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

[4] Kenny, Glenn. "The Dog Lover". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 6, 2025.

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