SummaryOn a wintry day, Beth saves a bedraggled lost dog from the side of the freeway. Struggling with her distracted, self-involved husband Joseph and an empty nest at home, Beth forms a special bond with the rescued animal. When Joseph loses the dog after a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies, the distraught Beth enlists the help of the few ... Read More
Directed By:Lawrence Kasdan
Written By:Meg Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan
Darling Companion
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41
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5.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
41
16% Positive
5 Reviews
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26% Negative
8 Reviews
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May 3, 2012
75
You don't have to love dogs to enjoy Darling Companion, but it couldn't hurt.
Jun 1, 2012
60
Some summer movies are big, woofing mastiffs. (Think "Battleship.") Others are naughty, nipping lapdogs. ("The Dictator.") Here, what we get is a calm, quiet basset hound. And, for the most part, it's a good dog.
User score
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5.3
30% Positive
3 Ratings
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40% Mixed
4 Ratings
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3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Sep 13, 2012
10
Excellent movie!! Watched it with my husband and really touched us! We also got 2 stray puppies which we rescued from the streets, and once, the small one got lost because of my husband and I told him "if the dog doesn't appear, since it is your fault him getting lost, you have to leave the house!" jajajaja Thanks God my baby appeared and its been almost 5 yrs from this ;) EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE!! Shows a lot of values, lost these days....
May 29, 2012
5
In his first movie since 2003, writer/director Lawrence Kasdan has created a mature tale of relationships and a dog. Diane Keaton rescues a lost dog and takes him home to husband Kevin Kline. Life is good until the dog gets lost on vacation, which calls into question their marriage. The solid cast does a nice job and the pacing never lags. You'd think that with a dog as the center conceit, it would certainly be sweet or touching, but it's just pleasant. There are a few mild laughs, but overall, it's unmemorable.
Apr 19, 2012
50
If you found "Benji the Hunted" unbearably intense or "Marley & Me" a bit too hard-edged, then Darling Companion may be the dog movie for you. On the other hand, if you like to watch cute pooches doing cute stuff on screen, you may be a little disappointed.
Apr 19, 2012
40
The doggie in Darling Companion is a big, warm bundle of puppy love; his owners are lost forever in a big chill.
Apr 26, 2012
30
Jenkins is a fantastically adaptable talent. It helps that his character here is supposed to be innately likable (by everyone, evidently, but his girlfriend's family), since Jenkins is so likable as an actor. Good thing, because there is little else to like about Darling Companion.
Apr 14, 2012
12
A lost-dog drama so insufferable it makes one wish its human characters would also run off and never return.
Production Company:
- Werc Werk Works
- Kasdan Pictures
- Likely Story
Release Date:Apr 20, 2012
Duration:1 h 43 m
Rating:PG-13
