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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jeff Bridges | ... | Jon Katz | |
| Lauren Ambrose | ... | Emma | |
| Lois Smith | ... | Lois Blair | |
| Domhnall Gleeson | ... | Anthony Armstrong | |
| Welker White | ... | Brenda King | |
| Elizabeth Marvel | ... | Margo | |
| Pamela Stewart | ... | Patti (as Pamela Holden Stewart) | |
| Deirdre O'Connell | ... | Donna Brady | |
| Karen Allen | ... | Paula (voice) | |
| Leo Trombetta | ... | Richard (voice) | |
| Patricia Lentz | ... | Holly (voice) (as Pat Lentz) | |
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Jan Leslie Harding | ... | Nancy Longhetti |
| Teresa Yenque | ... | Airport Bystander | |
| Glenn Kessler | ... | Airport Police | |
| Joe Wachowski | ... | Airport Police | |
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Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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3 September 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The veterinary hospital scenes in the film were shot at the Animal Hospital of White Plains. The hospital is co-owned by Dr. Maria Lagana, who also served as Vet consultant on the picture. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This was okay, not great but interesting especially as a dog lover and watchable because of Jeff Bridges. He plays a writer who impulsively adopts an energetic border collie that turns his already frantic midlife crisis even crazier. Why is he having a midlife crisis, we never get to know. He is separated from his wife, why? The movie never tells. Jeff takes his new dog and rents a dilapidated farmhouse, where he begins to repair himself and the dog with random interactions with the townsfolk.
The biggest problem this movie has is the absence of a backstory or any kind of satisfying resolution, yup this movie just ends. you never find out why the writer is depressed and angry like he is, or why he's separated from his wife (interestingly voiced by his Starman wife Karen Allen) We never get to know the back story of the dog or if anyone in this is stable at the end. Very frustrating. I will say that the dog actually acts like a real dog, a bored dog who's had zero training. Bridges is also useless with the training.