My Dog Skip
- Original title
- My Dog Skip
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 95 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Gail Gilchriest. Book: Willie Morris
- Cast
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- Frankie Muniz
- Diane Lane
- Luke Wilson
- Kevin Bacon
- Bradley Coryell
- Daylan Honeycutt
- Cody Linley
- Caitlin Wachs
- Peter Crombie
- Clint Howard
- Mark Beech
- Susan Carol Davis
- David Pickens
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Family-friendly. Animals. Dogs/Wolves. Based on a true story. 1940s
- Synopsis
- A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2000: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Family Film (live action)
- Critics' reviews
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"A film that proves even the tiredest genre can be reinvigorated in the right hands"
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"A family movie with a heart and a brain. And if you aren't moved to tears, you might need an organ transplant."
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"A standard-issue Hollywood family film about a boy and his dog growing up in a Southern small town during World War II"
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"A serviceable time-passer for kids, grandparents, and poochophiles"
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