A Boy and His Dog has won a cult following of its own for its offbeat, sardonic look into the future.
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06/05/07
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
77 %
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Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 23
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: An offbeat, eccentric black comedy, A Boy and His Dog features strong dialogue and an oddball vision of the future.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Vic (Don Johnson), survivor of atomic holocaust, wanders hungrily across the bleak desert landscape in search of cans of food buried deep in radioactive ash. His telepathic dog, Blood (Tim McIntire) depends on Vic for food, but Vic needs... [More]
Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore
Director: L.Q. Jones
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Reviews for A Boy and His Dog
In spite of some clever ideas and a few well-wrought images, it seems too schematic and its satire too blunt.
06/05/07
Jones' debut as a director nevertheless has a distinctive tang, as affably unprincipled as the series of villains he played for Sam Peckinpah.
06/24/06
It's got a unique... well, I was about to say charm, but the movie's last scene doesn't quite let me get away with that.
10/23/04
Top Critic Despite memorable main characters, a half-decent take on an overused premise, and unforgettable scenes, the film’s attitude and political stance haven’t aged with grace.
07/02/04
Jones’s cameo during an open-air movie theater sequence is by far the most cinematic moment of this 1975 cult classic for boys who hate women.
12/11/03
The good ideas are marred by awkwardness; the terrible ideas are redeemed somewhat by being, at least, unpredictable.
05/21/03
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