It has a concept I could have gotten behind but at the end of the day it missed the mark.
I understand where the parents were coming from with showing her how hard a dog can be to take care of. I'm not even mad about that. I'm flustered that when the story ends the dog wasn't bonded with her, she had already decided on a different puppy ergo pupster was used for a gaslighting purpose. Then when she learns she will be allowed her puppy of choice she is met by an adult who has allowed another child to get excited about the same dog with the statement, "oh! I didn't know if you were going to come back!" Like...woman! They left a deposit on this dog! Did it occur to you to check with them?!
Then two adults and a child lay a level of guilt on this little girl so if she takes the dog she wants she's a jerk. Teaching kids, "it doesn't matter if you want something, if someone else wants it you need to give it to them" woof! And she gives up what she wants and songs about how all she wants is this other dog which... she has expressed through the whole movie she doesn't like.
She apologizes to the dog for being obsessed with the other dog....the other dog she had been promised! "I'm sorry for treating you like a temporary dog, even though that is exactly how you were presented to me!"
Had the movie never included the other dog and instead she fell in love with this pain in the butt mutt then it could have had something. Instead it just teaches toxic principles to kids.
Gave it 3 stars only cause my kids were shocked I didn't like it so... as long as you let your kids know she didn't have to give up her desired dog just because of the guilt trip she didn't pack for... then it's a fine fluffy movie.
I understand where the parents were coming from with showing her how hard a dog can be to take care of. I'm not even mad about that. I'm flustered that when the story ends the dog wasn't bonded with her, she had already decided on a different puppy ergo pupster was used for a gaslighting purpose. Then when she learns she will be allowed her puppy of choice she is met by an adult who has allowed another child to get excited about the same dog with the statement, "oh! I didn't know if you were going to come back!" Like...woman! They left a deposit on this dog! Did it occur to you to check with them?!
Then two adults and a child lay a level of guilt on this little girl so if she takes the dog she wants she's a jerk. Teaching kids, "it doesn't matter if you want something, if someone else wants it you need to give it to them" woof! And she gives up what she wants and songs about how all she wants is this other dog which... she has expressed through the whole movie she doesn't like.
She apologizes to the dog for being obsessed with the other dog....the other dog she had been promised! "I'm sorry for treating you like a temporary dog, even though that is exactly how you were presented to me!"
Had the movie never included the other dog and instead she fell in love with this pain in the butt mutt then it could have had something. Instead it just teaches toxic principles to kids.
Gave it 3 stars only cause my kids were shocked I didn't like it so... as long as you let your kids know she didn't have to give up her desired dog just because of the guilt trip she didn't pack for... then it's a fine fluffy movie.