Dog Gone - Movie Reviews (2024)

Dog Gone also makes you appreciate family relationships more, reminding viewers that there is the ability and potential to rebuild connections with loved ones that may have faltered along the way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2023

Dog Gone is a sweet tale with no backbone or bark.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jan 28, 2023

The movie offers what it promises. But it could have been more.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 21, 2023

It’s a tearjerker with mature intentions.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 19, 2023

When the most heartwarming and emotion-inducing visuals are the shots of the cast and crew with their beloved dogs over the end credits, then you know Dog Gone lost its way -- and squandered its potential.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 19, 2023

Goofy, oversaturated and saccharine.

Full Review | Jan 18, 2023

On a scale of one to five, I would give this one "woof."

Full Review | Jan 18, 2023

Dog Gone isn’t a perfect movie, but like a skilled harpist, it delicately plucks along at all the intended emotional heartstrings for a rewarding feel-good movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jan 18, 2023

His reconnecting with son Fielding is the story's real core, though the search for an adorable, yoga-posing blonde lab makes for an adventure.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2023

Perhaps most frustrating about Dog Gone’s unabashed gushiness is that it’s dishonest to the story it’s based on.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.0/10 | Jan 18, 2023

That movie was awful.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 18, 2023

If it is indeed “based on true events” as stated, the filmmakers either added things they shouldn’t have or failed to remove parts thoroughly inappropriate for preteen children or families thinking they’re getting a Hallmark knockoff.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 17, 2023

Overall, Dog Gone is a film for dog lovers and those looking for feel-good family dramas. In its short runtime, Herek manages to give us an emotionally rich experience that stays with you, as long as it lasts.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 14, 2023

Dog Gone is hokey and sappy in many ways, but it’s also a wholesome family movie that’s very sweet.

Full Review | Jan 13, 2023

As aww-inspiring as the human and dog moments in the movie are, it is the human encounters along the search that are the heart of the film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2023

It isn’t a very good movie. But if you and your kids love dogs, you’d be cheating yourself by missing it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 13, 2023

Give the dog a wig of blond ringlets and he could do a passable lampoon of Lillian Gish.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Jan 13, 2023

When it comes down to it, “Dog Gone” is an inspiring, uplifting story about people – from all over the world – who come together to reach a common goal: to find Gonker. Even if you can correctly guess what will transpire, it can elicit some tears.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 13, 2023

Dud scenes periodically arrive, but the feature is successfully gentle, hoping to inspire warmth with acts of kindness and understanding.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 13, 2023

As a movie, it’s a real mongrel.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 13, 2023