An emotive story of love between Ackerley and his dog Tulip. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2022

This is no typical "boy and his dog" movie, this is a joyous and warmhearted work of art.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 5, 2019

Like the book, the film is fiercely intelligent, funny, tender, and delightfully scatological. It is so thoroughly and naturally a film for adults that it makes live-action movies seem almost childish in comparison.

| Nov 5, 2018

A tender and exquisite animation about one man and his dog which gets as close to what it is to love dogs as I've ever encountered.

| Aug 30, 2018

On and on the indefatigable Plummer talks, to the point that instead of his words endearing you to the film it begins to feel more like the cinema speakers are picking up interference from Radio 4.

| Jun 10, 2011

We are treated to far too much detail about trying to house train Tulip and exactly when, where and how she relieves herself.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 9, 2011

Here's a rare beast: an animated film about a dog that resists the urge to sentimentalise or anthropomorphise its canine protagonist, yet understands the human urge to do just that.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2011

Affably voiced by Christopher Plummer, Ackerley is at once enormously affectionate and beadily observan, while the clever graphic style marks the switch between straightforward narration and surreal doggy reverie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2011

In truth, it's boring.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2011

Poignant and just the right side of whimsy, it's the movie Marley & Me should have been.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2011

Smacks first of obfuscation, then of desperation.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2011

Rarely has a needy bond between human and pet felt more unsentimentally and perfectly observed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2011

Quirky and bittersweet, a treat for dog lovers and the dogless alike.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2011

Unlike most celluloid tales about man's best friend, this study in dedication, defecation and reproduction sometimes feels like an intrusion into a very private affair.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 5, 2011

Is My Dog Tulip the best film ever about a dog? Is it Citizen Canine? My answer, yes.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 4, 2011

More Harold And Maude than Marley & Me; amusing, insightful and a little perverse.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 4, 2011

Manages to say more about man's relationship with dogs in a single, lush frame than 'Marley and Me' would if it were to run on a loop until the end of time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 3, 2011

A delightful animation for adults, its lack of sentiment makes it an anti-Marley.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 3, 2011

A classic book, a film to cherish.

| May 1, 2011

As embraceable as it is, Tulip often feels as if it would have been a better animated short than a feature.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 18, 2011