Review of Isle of Dogs (2018) by Imthenoob — 06 Jul 2018

The cast does a great job making their characters come alive. Chief's story arc was touching and so satisfying to see come full circle at the end of the film. The humour was scattered in bits throughout the film, Some of it was solid but some just kinda falls flat. I think Wes Anderson's humour is better off in live action because it just doesn't have the same impact when animated.

A big issue for me was the plot. It wasn't interesting, It was too predictable and there were way too many subplots going on that they totally ignored the only decent thing about the film. Where this movie really strikes gold is when Atari is on the island with the dogs. That is where this movie is at it's best because you have an amazing cast, who worked great together, and you have a lot of touching, heartfelt moments during that short amount of time. Rather than deal with these stupid subplots featuring rather awful human characters, Wes should have focused more on the dogs because they're the best characters in the film.

And I do agree with a few other reviews on here as well: This movie is quite boring at times and it can nearly put you or actually put you to sleep.