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Miriam Bale New York Times 11/07/2013
Very young children fluent in French may enjoy the film for its jokes, but anyone old enough to read the subtitles is likely to be unamused. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times 11/07/2013
"Billy and Buddy" manages to maintain the kind of brisk giddiness that many animated films struggle to achieve. Go to Full Review
Chuck Wilson Village Voice 11/05/2013
The filmmakers do find a clever way to incorporate Roba's original Boule et Bill art into the plot, yet any one of those classic doodles has more vibrancy than this unappealing adaptation. Go to Full Review
Tracy Moore Common Sense Media 09/02/2014
3/5
Subtitled French dog tale has odd suggestiveness. Go to Full Review
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12/04/2014 Sorry, are you the right way around? A small family in France made up of a little boy and his parents are struggling to make ends meet. The mother decides getting a dog may boost the family's morale; unfortunately, once they obtain the beautiful dog, he turns out to be more than they expected to manage. When the parents discuss getting rid of the dog, the boy and the dog runaway. Can the parents find the boy and dog and make amends? "Where are we? It smells good. Have we moved?" Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier, who worked together on Imogene McCathery, collaborate again and deliver Billy & Buddy. The storyline for this picture is fairly generic and very Disney Dog picture like (Santa Paws collection as an example). The acting was blah, but the script was okay. "A walk in a dog kennel?" I grabbed this movie off Netflix thinking it would be perfect for my daughter and I to watch; unfortunately, I was shocked to discover this was in French. A funny thing happened while watching this, my daughter loved it (even though she had no idea what they were saying, she liked the dog and turtle and thought the talking dog was funny). This overall movie is fairly terrible, and I wouldn't watch it with my child unless they know French. ? "I thought it was me and you forever!" Grade: D See more 03/30/2014 Being a fan of Boule et Bill i expected much more from this movie sadly it failed by being monotonous with barely any humor reflecting the comic series. See more 09/29/2013 Adaptation de la bande dessinée belge, les acteurs ne sont pas du tout intéressants. Je n'aime pas les voix off d'humain sur des animaux mais les dialogues de Bill sont tout de même rigolo mais ceux de la tortue Caroline ridicule. Restez avec les bd See more 07/14/2013 Nan mais des fois!!! qu'est-ce que c'est que cette daube?! 6 minutes m'ont suffi pour crier "au scandale"!! See more 07/12/2013 Pitoyable il y a pas d'autre mots... Et les étoile c'est grâce à Bill. See more 06/23/2013 Vieillotte et paresseuse, l'adaptation de la BD de Roba se complait dans les lieux communs (intrigue accessoire). Bizarrement l'attention est focalisee sur les parents (encombrant Dubosc) pour delaisser les roles titre du gamin et du chien dont les realisateurs embarasses ne semblent savoir que faire. Le pauvre cocker se retrouve affuble de la voix de Manu Payet qui s'acharne a commenter la vacuite des situations, renforcant du coup leur caractere creux. See more Read all reviews
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Director
Franck Magnier