Dog Days

Director Ken Marino’s contemporary tale of intertwined lives will still disarm you eventually with its unabashed cheeriness and generous spirit.

No spoiler here that all unfolds with twists and complications but lands in a colorful kibble bowl of happy endings. Surprise does lie in the fact that such familiar material can deliver some unexpected pleasures.

Dog Days moves along, mostly pleasantly and at its worst is a somewhat-forced good time.

Dog Days is in some ways a very strange movie, in the way it straddles the worlds of weirdo comedy and family-friendly fare. But ultimately, it’s the pooches who steal the show.

For undemanding audiences not looking for too much substance in the summer's dog days, Dog Days should go down relatively easy.

On the whole, this picture, which could just as well be titled “Dog, Actually,” is sweeter-than-average treacle.

Aside from the occasional idiosyncratic comic beat, Dog Days remains committed to coloring within the lines of established tropes in the animal-centric family film.