Isle of Dogs [DVD]

Absolute great story if you love dogs sad with a happy ending

A little gem, pretty, witty, beautiful and inspiring.

Subtle humour throughout. Characters were great.

I just love it, the story, the way it’s done, the actors including Yoko Ono, Bill Murray, Geoff Goldblum, Ed Norton. Well worth watching. *****

Great film by a great film maker. Was sceptical at first that it was going to be good (my children wanted to wathc it) but really engaged and charmed by this excellent film.

Loved this film, it was so clever and funny it had me glued until the end anothermagical evening with Wes Anderson.

I’ve often heard people criticizing the lack of depth and story compared to Wes Anderson’s earlier work, but I gotta say that the last film to touch my heart like this one that didn’t come from the east was “Les triplettes de belle ville”. Even though IOD takes place in a fictional Japanese city and incorporates loads of lovingly crafted references to Japanese culture, you can tell it’s a western piece of work and that is not a bad thing. The characters (voiced by the Creme de la Creme of Hollywood’s a list, even down the tiniest of roles likeTilda Swinton as Oracle and Anjelica Houston as a mute poodle) are all-together lovable and the animation style brings back fond memories of Augsburger Puppenkiste (I’m german, look it up, you won’t be disappointed!). All in all, if you love dogs, Japan or great animation you’ll have a wonderful time. If you love all three of them you’ll likely wanna watch Isle Of Dogs again right after your initial viewing. It is that good.

at first I found it a little too tense - I suppose because it's animation I thought it would be more innocent (it's certainly not innocent) but on the second watch I appreciated the excellent story telling. Very emotional, music is awesome and atmospheric and the animation is second to none!! It's very dear to my heart now....