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Genre : Drama, Comedy Release Date : April 20, 2012 MPAA Rating : PG-13 Duration : 103 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : Sony Pictures Classics Official Site : http://sonyclassics.com/darlingcompanion/ Reviews Rate :
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while it's not entirely lacking in sharp dialogue, Kasdan's movie is weirdly unwieldy
by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]
when all is said and done, the dog is the only thing you care about in Darling Companion
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
this film shows no inclination to pose as the portrait of a generation in transition
by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
there’s an animated sequence halfway through that may have been an attempt at hip playfulness but just comes off as strange
by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]
there are overlapping stories. There's a good cast and a lot of dialogue
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledge ]
the story's treacly all-souls-in-alignment outcome is never in doubt, but as Kasdan dogs go, this is light-years better than Dreamcatcher
by Keith Uhlich [Time Out New York ]
the movie uses the mutt's disappearance as a frame on which to hang a well-worn package of fatally mild domestic disorder, then resolve it in what feels like real time
by Ella Taylor [NPR ]
the folksy shenanigans are well-intentioned but frankly interminable, with Kline’s wry efficiency the best relief from all the yowling and whining
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
like Freeway, the lovable stray dog at the center of this very teary comedy, "Darling Companion"has lost its way
by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
like Freeway, the film sometimes wanders off the track
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
it woofs for thee
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com ]
doesn’t amount to much more than a fairly painless way for the AARP set to spend an hour and a half watching a movie with stars their own age
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post ]
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
