The film is unapologetically feel-good while unabashedly manipulating your feelings, even though it is hard to knock a film that serves up cats and dogs living peacefully while giving each other endless Eskimo kisses.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Wall-to-wall voiceover... Lassie never had to explain herself.

| Sep 13, 2019

A Dog's Way Home has a bit too much filler thrown in to pad out the runtime, and the segments at home feel very detached from the dog's journey back home, but it's a cute and heartwarming story that any dog lover will enjoy.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 17, 2019

Predictably, the last act unfolds in full-on heartstrings-tugging mode...

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | May 3, 2019

The calculative narrative regurgitates old tropes of Hollywood's canine films...

| May 3, 2019

A touching story about the emotional life of a dog who is separated from her family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 12, 2019

Perhaps too intense for younger audiences, but at least you get to watch a cute dog run around for two hours.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 20, 2019

What sets A Dog's Way Home above the pack of most animal movies is that while the film is perfectly suitable for children, it's actually an adult movie...the emotional highs of the film have been designed more for grown-ups [than kids}.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 16, 2019

It touches on ongoing problems in modern society such as homelessness and the postwar physical and psychological suffering of soldiers, and on the growing use of animal-based therapy.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 2, 2019

So welcome, A Dog's Way Home. You're a competent, big hearted and occasionally quite charming film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2019

While this type of fare is so old-fashioned it should be heritage-listed, it rarely fails to draw the full emotional involvement of any viewer predisposed to pooches.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 28, 2019

There's not much variation on the old themes here. What's new is the film's definition of community and family.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 27, 2019

A film like this is created to manipulate any empathetic human being to cry. If you love dogs, the lump in your throat is pretty much guaranteed, even if the film doesn't seem to really earn it.

| Feb 26, 2019

A little subtlety would have worked wonders for A Dog's Way Home. Unfortunately, it is all bark and no bite.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2019

The emotional manipulation is steered straight by the tension between human law and animal nature. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 25, 2019

A story that compassionately shows the story of a dog that loves unconditionally. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 22, 2019

Love is the key message here. And it is conveyed beautifully.

| Feb 21, 2019

If you like animals, go [see this film] with your children. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 21, 2019

There is no great epiphany; just a series of tedious, repetitive depictions of Bella yearning for family.

| Feb 20, 2019

There's no denying the film has its heart in the right place. Just don't expect anything way too profound and be prepared with the tissues at the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2019