Must Love Dogs (Widescreen Edition)
by Gary David Goldberg
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Actor: Dermot Mulroney, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins, John Cusack, Stockard ChanningDirector: Gary David Goldberg
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Gary David Goldberg
Writer: Gary David Goldberg
Producer: Jennifer Todd
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Armenian (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Armenian (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
Published: 2005-12-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Must Love Dogs (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: A must have for chick-flick lovers
Summary: 5 Stars
True, the story is more predictable them most, but it's still a cute movie. The script is well written and this shows through in the performances by Cusack, Lane, and Plummer. This is not an academy award winner, and shouldn't be criticized as one that could have been. It's a story about two people who lost, by divorce, what they perceived as their 'one true love', only to find that dating today is more of a miss then a hit.
As far as character development, I found little flaw in them because I could relate to both characters after my own divorce. Many a time did I find myself eating over the kitchen sink or watching a totally love-struck movie and feeling the twinge of loneliness. We all go to family and friends in times of need (even if they perceive it more then we do), and the secondary characters in this film are rife with help, humor, and warmth. Although the plot is predictable, the characters seem more real then most on-screen performances (I believe this is why the actors/actresses may be more heavily criticized then in prior projects).
You may not watch this one 10 times in your life, but it's still worthy of a place in your collection. I've owned this for a few years and I still smile when I watch it.
Summary of Must Love Dogs (Widescreen Edition)
Must Love Dogs tells the story of Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane), a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that. no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.DVD Features:
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The combined charisma of Diane Lane and John Cusack gives a lift to Must Love Dogs, a romantic comedy built on the comic potential of internet dating. Sarah (Lane, Under the Tuscan Sun), a preschool teacher and recent divorcee, has her entire family bugging her to get back in the dating pool. Finally her sister (dependable second banana Elizabeth Perkins, Big) puts an ad for Sarah online; a host of questionable prospects respond, but Sarah meets one guy--a boat builder named Jake (John Cusack, High Fidelity, Say Anything)--who shows promise, though he himself is recently divorced and a little tender. Unfortunately, Sarah also feels sparks with the father (Dermot Mulroney, My Best Friend's Wedding) of one of her students, and when paths cross, trouble follows. Must Love Dogs has some amusing scenes, but the tone and quality is wildly erratic--it's as if the movie was broken into a dozen parts and randomly assigned to different writers and directors, some of whom were making a bad sitcom, some of whom were making a good sitcom, and some of whom were making a movie that blended wry comedy with some deft psychological insight. The great cast (in addition to solid work from those mentioned above, there's also Stockard Channing and Christopher Plummer) keep the story moving, but for every amusing moment there are two that are plastic, forced, or wince-inducing. --Bret Fetzer
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