Captures puberty and childhood for a boy better than almost any other film

| Nov 16, 2024

A simple and captivating Swedish movie that has no precedents, especially when it comes to its masterful command of humor or pathos. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 16, 2020

This is a coming-of-age film in the fullest sense of the term: we watch Ingemar grow up before our eyes, and turn into a human being who can live with the harsh memories as well as the more lyrical ones.

| Feb 28, 2020

Splendidly acted, and directed with touches of visual poetry by Lasse Hallström.

| Mar 19, 2019

My Life as a Dog succeeds on an intimate, human scale that is entirely appropriate for a story covering about a year in the life of a pretty ordinary boy in a pretty ordinary place.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 6, 2017

Good coming-of-age movie for older kids.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 26, 2010

The frequent collision of comedy and drama is breathtakingly real, and Anton Glanzelius is terrific as Ingemar, a smart 12 year old with a philosophical bent

| Jul 19, 2008

One of the greatest and most sensitive films about children and the turbulence of childhood...

| Jun 28, 2007

A series of emotionally wrenching moments that made My Life as a Dog a transatlantic hit when it arrived in 1985.

Full Review | Apr 13, 2007

A good-natured coming-of-age pic from Sweden captured the hearts of many.

| May 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 7, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 30, 2005

Touching, funny story of childhood in Sweden.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 4, 2004

The gentlest direction that director Lasse Halstrom has ever demonstrated.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 4, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 2, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 1, 2003

Hallstrm acknowledges that the film is his best work, the one he compares all his other films to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2003