Title: Isle of Dogs
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Director: Wes Anderson
Production Company: Studio Babelsberg | Indian Paintbrush | American Empirical Pictures
Summary/Review:
Wes Anderson’s second animated feature has a lot of the sames going for it as Fantastic Mr. Fox. It has stop-motion animation that is visually stunning. It has clever storytelling. It has a good mix of humor and adventure. It has a massive cast of celebrity voices. It has dogs!
But for some reason I don’t enjoy it as much as its predecessor. Perhaps because it is to long and has way to many subplots (they could’ve left out the Tracy Walker stuff and just focused on the dogs, for starters). There has been some criticism of the film for cultural appropriation and stereotypes of Japanese people. It felt more like a respectful homage to Japanese films to me but still, something felt off.
I’m not here to trash the film though. I did enjoy it, just somewhat less than I had hoped.
Rating: ***
Panorama of the Mountains 
I enjoyed the film, myself.
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I saw it when it first came out and remember liking it, but the plot has faded.
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