Red Dog

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Red Dog

PG

2011

1h 32m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Drama

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A dog unites a fractured community while searching for its master.

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London Evening Standard

Feb 24, 2012

3/5

Pretty sappy stuff, but the film-makers use knowing humour to snare more cynical viewers and are well-served by the cast.

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Ashley Clark

Little White Lies

Feb 24, 2012

2/5

Heart's in the right place, but very broad and quite irritating too.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Feb 23, 2012

2/5

Well, it's a doggy story for humans, anyway: an avowedly true-life tale that comes across like a well-meaning PG-certification of the real world.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jul 6, 2022

3/5

Red Dog still boasts plenty of Ocker charm, thanks to an eclectic cast of character actors.

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Lucy Popescu

CineVue

Dec 13, 2018

4/5

Flaws are balanced, however, by some terrific performances and Geoffrey Hall's superb cinematography.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

Nov 6, 2018

4/5

An endearing, funny, idiosyncratic tale, director Kriv Stender's film is made up of a series of hilarious and tearjerking scenes of human folly.

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archie S

@Aaronwild77 Mar 24, 2026

red dog is the best family movie i have ever seen and if you disagree i will find you

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Robert B

@MrZetetic Jan 5, 2026

Great film. Dogs really are worth making films about.

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Will J

@willjohnston216 Nov 3, 2025

The movie is a lovely heartfelt motion picture deeply rooted in Aussie culture. This is one of, if not the best, Australia film. The ending always makes me cry.

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Kamishin x

@RT64057908 Jun 10, 2025

Empieza lento, por un tiempo no se entiende cual es el punto de la pelicula pero al avanzar te encariñas no solo con el red dog sino con la comunidad. El giro es un tanto brusco, era inesperado y un poco forzado. Sin embargo es una pelicula familiar hermosa, la pasas bien, te ries, lloras y empatizas con todos. Amamos a Red Dog, bonito recuerdo que que te deja una pequeña huella rojiza.

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Stefi C

@RT15606095 Jun 9, 2025

me gustaron las escenas bonitas donde están pasandola bien pero que maten al prota y a su dueño me parece re choto

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Russell F

@RT49053691 Apr 17, 2025

Was living and working there at the time Red Dog was wandering , even met him a few times , straight up the way it was there in those days is exactly as presented in the movie .

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Synopsis

A dog unites a fractured community while searching for its master.

Director: Kriv Stenders
Producer: Julie Ryan, Nelson Woss
Screenwriter: Louis de Bernières, Daniel Taplitz
Production Co: ScreenWest, Woss Group Film Productions, Endymion Films Inc., Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, Essential Entertainment
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Some Language|Sensuality)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m

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