Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs is a tenderhearted, eccentric canine tale

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The enduring filmmaker’s style may have its detractors but there is still nothing quite like it in contemporary cinema.

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“Isle of Dogs”: Wes Anderson and the Problem of Evil

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On an Isle Of Dogs, Wes Anderson uses stop-motion to construct one of his most wondrous worlds

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Filmmaker returns to animation with funny, moving story about quarantined canines that doubles as political metaphor

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All director Wes Anderson needed to do to get the green light for his new movie was say, “It’s set on an island filled with dogs!”

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Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle Of Dogs’ Is A Good Boy, A Very Good Boy

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If you're looking for cute, cuddly Wes Anderson you're barking up the wrong tree

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Time and again, Mr. Anderson pulls you hard into Isle of Dogs. His use of film space, which he playfully flattens and deepens, is one of his stylistic signatures; he likes symmetry and, in contrast to most directors these days, does a lot inside the frame. He’s especially inventive in this movie, and I could watch hours of its noble dogs hanging out, sniffing the air.

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Marooning a pack of dogs on a dystopian Japanese island, the auteur’s new animation is an inspiringly detailed and surprisingly rough-edged treat

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Wes Anderson returns happily to animation with a Japanophilic canine adventure that is richly imagined, drily witty and, finally, barking mad.

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That is a beautiful riff, worthy of Chaplin, on the inverted values of a world gone to rot, whereas the gags in Anderson’s film are more about themselves, delighting in the literal and the overparticular.

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Thanks to the cat-loving mayor of Megasaki City, the entire dog population of the Japanese metropolis has been transported to a grim island far from the coast. There, a band of scrappy creatures must embark on a mission to prevent further disaster.

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It could be that Anderson has written a fable about the relationship between dog and humanity, with added resonance about the value of focused youthful rebellion.

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Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' will scratch your itch for quirky animation

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The meticulous visuals are bow-wowing, but some may have a bone to pick with the director’s Japan-centered saga

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The innate imperfection of canine hair gives Wes Anderson's lovingly crafted dioramas the illusion of life.

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Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs’ Beauty Gets Lost in Its Own Ambition

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The dogs are very furry.

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