Saturday, November 3, 2012

Darling Companion 2012


Darling Companion (2012)     Beth and Grace take their daughter/sister and her young son to the airport.  Beth becomes very upset when they get back to the car and Grace needs to drive because of Beth’s tears.  Beth sees something beside the freeway and convinces Grace to stop.  It’s a dog in the snow, they manage to get him into the car and they take him to the vet.  The vet finds he has some abrasions and hot spots but otherwise he’s OK.  Now the problem is a home for him, Beth decides to take him home for a bath, they can think about a home later.  Beth’s husband Joseph is not sure about this new visitor or family addition?
     The family goes to their remote cabin for the weekend and Joseph loses the dog in the woods.  Beth is very distraught and also peeved at her husband because he’s not as fond of the dog as she is.  She thinks he may have planned to lose the dog?  3* (This movie is OK)

103 min, Drama directed by Lawrence Kasdan with Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass, Ayelet Zurer.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 4.6 out of 10, 21% critic 32% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.  (Maybe none of the reviewers are “dog lovers?”)

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