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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Apr 2012

Initially this struck me as something you'd take your grandmother to see, but by the end it seemed more like something your grandmother would…

Review of Darling Companion (2012)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Apr 2012

Dogs and the women who love them form the warm and gooey center of Darling Companion, Lawrence Kasdan's fitfully amusing comedy-drama…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 26 Apr 2012

Kasdan and his wife have almost perfected the patter of married life, combined with dog ownership…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 26 Apr 2012

You don't have to be a dog lover to like Darling Companion…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 26 Apr 2012

It is depressing to reflect on the wealth of talent that conspired to make this inert and listless movie…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 26 Apr 2012

Darling Companion is nothing more than another story about a trip into the glories of nature that is ruined by a swarm of annoying WASPs…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 25 Apr 2012

Darling Companion is barely half as charming as it imagines itself to be…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 25 Apr 2012

Like an over-the-hill fogey sorely mistaken about still being hip, this treacly comedic drama is startlingly out of touch…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 25 Apr 2012

This ponderous dramedy should make you want to sit and stay; I kept wanting to say to these irritating characters, 'No barking…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 25 Apr 2012

It's the story that strains credulity, a navel gazer about whether a search for a lost dog can bring an uninvolved family back together as…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for AV Club (2,778) on 25 Apr 2012

The tone is mild, the setting is peaceful to the point of sleepiness, and the stakes are incredibly low, even with the heart-tugging central…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 25 Apr 2012

The film sputters and stalls and winds up behaving like the worst sort of oldster – passing gas and pretending to be deep…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 Apr 2012

Jenkins is a fantastically adaptable talent…

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By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Apr 2012

Initially this struck me as something you'd take your grandmother to see, but by the end it seemed more like something your grandmother would…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Apr 2012

It might be a safe bet for your mom's movie group because, well, it plays it safe…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 Apr 2012

An ambling, pleasantly inoffensive ensemble dramedy which suffers from a dearth of insight or elevating banter, and which mistakes authenticity…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Apr 2012

A pleasant little dawdle and yet another example, in these dog days for cinema, that dogs are a movie's best friend…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Apr 2012

Dog lovers will instantly warm to the handsome stray collie mix, but they may struggle to fully embrace the amiable but toothless adult story…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 19 Apr 2012

Darling Companion is a movie that Woody Allen might have made if he had (a) no gift for narrative charm, (b) no knack for tangy banter, and…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 19 Apr 2012

It feels like a film that got stuck at the pitch stage, and never quite got turned into a real screenplay…

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