The Art of Racing in the Rain is a daft idea for a film, but worse than that it’s depressing.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 14, 2024

Here is a film made for that lazy Sunday afternoon that makes you appreciate what you have or long for what you don’t.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

I was excited to see it... it's kind of all over the place in terms of the plot, there's not a lot of tension or conflict.

| Sep 29, 2021

Though the sugar load jumps high at times, sappiness gets trumped by golden fur and a warm heart. Unless of course, your cynicism levels rank in the Scrooge range.

| Jul 23, 2021

'The Art of Racing In The Rain' is definitely a family movie that provides plenty of opportunities to talk with kids and teenagers about: life, death, raising children and changes in family dynamics.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 15, 2020

Easily the hardest I have ever cried at a movie. I just wish it was for real, emotional reasons rather than the aggressive application of tried and true heartstring pullers.

| Mar 17, 2020

[The Art of Racing In the Rain] feels like what might happen if Lars von Trier tried to write a Hallmark movie.

| Jan 17, 2020

The Art of Racing in the Rain is not a great movie. The plot is bogged down by purposeful tearjerker moments. Only worth a watch if you love dogs and want to cry.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 18, 2019

Ventimiglia is solid and Seyfried, a personal favorite of mine, does a wonderful job as a loving, supportive wife.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2019

An entertaining film that's light on plot points, "The Art of Racing in the Rain" is the kind of film Walt Disney would make in the late 1950's and early 1960's...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2019

Predictable and rote, The Art of Racing in the Rain nevertheless has its heart in the right place, even if there is not much art to it and precious little racing.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 8, 2019

Costner is a pro-dog activist and deeply in love with his own pooches, and he aces his first voiceover role.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2019

An excruciating, manipulative dose of Lifetime movie emotion delivered through a daily calendar of competitive driving metaphors.

| Original Score: D | Sep 3, 2019

The Art of Racing in the Rain is a movie that will stir emotion. Milo Ventimiglia and Amanda Seyfried should be applauded for their acting but Kevin Costner steals the show Enzo the dog's voice.

| Sep 2, 2019

I liked the film very much as it covered a surprising way of feeding us information through Enzo

| Original Score: 5 | Sep 2, 2019

Not groundbreaking but certainly stronger than most dog movies, 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' delivers a warm-fuzzy story with actual depth.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 29, 2019

The Art of Racing in the Rain doesn't offer anything new and it won't become a memorable movie. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5.5/10 | Aug 26, 2019

Craft can get you to a certain point and no farther, and that point is somewhere in the jungle of mismatched themes and tones that this has the chutzpah to call a screenplay.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 26, 2019

Of all potential careers, this one seems particularly ill-suited to canine ambitions, and a smarter film might have allowed Enzo to question why his owner insists on taking laps in the hardest, costliest, loudest manner imaginable.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 23, 2019

Full of clichés. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 23, 2019