If you haven't seen this film, chances are you've seen a dozen better-known SF movies it influenced

| Original Score: A | Nov 29, 2022

…A Boy and His Dog isn’t an easy or likeable film, but it’s a great example of imaginative sci-fi, and a dank, dingy polemic that doesn’t dilute Ellison’s righteous anger about the dangerous direction he perceived society to be going…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 20, 2022

A Boy and His Dog is daft by design but it’s also well-written and full of interesting angles.

| Oct 13, 2022

It is well made, extremely funny and has one of the great final lines of all-time.

| Jul 25, 2022

An unexpected triumph.

| Nov 22, 2019

If it's weirdness that you're after, this cult film goes the whole nine yards.

| Original Score: B | Oct 10, 2013

The savage wasteland is believably captured, but a so-so movie completely goes off the rails once the action moves to an underground society.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2013

A Boy and His Dog has won a cult following of its own for its offbeat, sardonic look into the future.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 5, 2007

In spite of some clever ideas and a few well-wrought images, it seems too schematic and its satire too blunt.

| Jun 5, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2006

Jones' debut as a director nevertheless has a distinctive tang, as affably unprincipled as the series of villains he played for Sam Peckinpah.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 9, 2005

It's got a unique... well, I was about to say charm, but the movie's last scene doesn't quite let me get away with that.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Despite memorable main characters, a half-decent take on an overused premise, and unforgettable scenes, the film's attitude and political stance haven't aged with grace.

Full Review | Original Score: 63/100 | Jul 2, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 17, 2004

"nifty little cult flick"

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2004