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Nikki, Wild Dog of the North

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In the Canadian Rockies, trapper Andre Dupas (Jean Coutu) and his Alaskan Malemute companion, Nikki, take in a stray bear cub. When a canoe accident separates the animals from their master, Nikki and the bear cub are left to survive the harsh Canadian wilderness on their own. Soon the animals encounter danger from poacher Jacques Lebeau (Emile Genest) and his Native American sidekick, Makoki (Uriel Luft), who want to train Nikki to become a pit-fighting dog.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 16, 2005 Full Review Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) Rated: 5/5 Apr 7, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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r 9 More of a documentary than a film. The premise, or at least the stuff that holds it together, to 'Nikki, Wild Dog of the North' is rather light; particularly for the first and second acts, the third has a little more meat on the bones. There's also extremely questionable animal welfare, a lot of it could be trained but it's difficult not to be cynical with some of the stuff you see - especially across the opening twenty minutes. It affected my enjoyment, way more than a few other Disney films with similar issues. Cast-wise it's almost non-existent, Jean Coutu and Émile Genest are solid as Andre and Jacques respectively. Jacques Fauteux narrates the film, he is arguably the only good part to this - his delivery is near perfect. I can't honestly say I liked this as I simply didn't, the animal stuff alongside the weak plot makes for uninteresting viewing. Each to their own, as always. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Want to find out when this was first shown in theaters or drive-ins. My Mama says she named me after the dog in this movie, but I was born 2/1960, and all I can find says 1961. It had to be available somewhere before 1961. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review s r Happy feel good Disney story about a dog and a bear with a French Canadian setting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member good Disney family adventure Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member My mother named me after this stupid dog! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I enjoyed this movie, they obviously put these animals in realistic situations to get a pretty good nature film. Nikki was adorable and a fantastic actor haha! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jack Couffer

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Jean Coutu

Andre Dupas

Emile Genest

Jacques Lebeau

Uriel Luft

Makoki
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Synopsis In the Canadian Rockies, trapper Andre Dupas (Jean Coutu) and his Alaskan Malemute companion, Nikki, take in a stray bear cub. When a canoe accident separates the animals from their master, Nikki and the bear cub are left to survive the harsh Canadian wilderness on their own. Soon the animals encounter danger from poacher Jacques Lebeau (Emile Genest) and his Native American sidekick, Makoki (Uriel Luft), who want to train Nikki to become a pit-fighting dog.
Director
Jack Couffer
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 14m
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