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67% Critic Match
My Dog Skip
“Every family needs an optimist.”
6.7 / 10• 2000• 1h 35m•PG• English
ComedyDramaFamily
Storyline
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.
Cast & Crew
Frankie Muniz
Willie Morris
Lead
Diane Lane
Ellen Morris
Kevin Bacon
Jack Morris
Caitlin Wachs
Rivers Applewhite
Harry Connick Jr.
Narrator
Luke Wilson
Dink Jenkins
BC
Bradley Coryell
Big Boy Wilkinson
DH
Daylan Honeycutt
Henjie Henick
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jay Russell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. My Dog Skip is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
