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The Dogwalker (2002)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 6

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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

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Written and directed by Jacques Thelemaque, The Dogwalker follows the lives of two very different women who find themselves in equally dire positions. When Ellie (Diane Gaidry) finally leaves her violent boyfriend, she takes the first flight out of her home in Buffalo, New York, and ends up in Los Angeles, where she's promptly robbed of all her possessions and reduced to living on the streets. After a failed attempt at prostitution, Ellie wakes up in a public park and meets Betsy (Pamela

PG, 1 hr. 25 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Jacques Thelemaque

In Theaters: Jun 1, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Jul 1, 2007

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Critic Reviews for The Dogwalker

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (6) | DVD (1)

Gaidry has no real character to play and brings little of her own spark to a desultory character study.

September 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

Though Thelemaque's creation is not exactly an undiscovered gem, it boasts a gritty realism that makes you want him to finish more movies.

September 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Michael Booth

Denver Post

Top Critic

Overall story arc is fairly predictable, and deliberate pacing sometimes risks dullness.

August 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Top Critic

Rather than being self-indulgent or pretentious, however, the film comes up with many believable details and changes in direction that enrich the bittersweet central relationship of the two leads.

August 25, 2006 Comment

David Hunter

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

A lugubrious and airless affair.

August 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

Like the pets let loose in the grass, The Dogwalker meanders all over the place before getting its bearings. It finally settles down to a satisfying resolution for all concerned, canines included.

August 15, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Ruthe Stein

San Francisco Chronicle

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Modest but compelling tale of a victimized woman looking for a life free of pain and abuse.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Bruce Feld

Film Journal International

The Dogwalker boasts a scruffy underdog charm, but sometimes that just isn't enough.

September 29, 2006 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Broken Bridges is wrapped tight in the cloak of good intentions, soft-pedaling tired tripe about redemption, reconciliation, and finding solace in the bottle.

September 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Preston Jones

Slant Magazine

The sort of movie that you'd see on Lifetime if that channel actually respected its viewers' taste and intelligence.

August 25, 2006 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Luke Y. Thompson

L.A. Weekly

With a story inspired by the tumultuous surroundings of Los Angeles, where feelings of marginalization loom for every dreamer with a burst bubble, The Dogwalker has a few characters and ideas, but it never manages to put them on the same path.

September 17, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Today

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

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Elli, a lost, unsteady and depressive women, stranded in Los Angeles. On the one hand, she luckily escaped from her violent boyfriend, on the other hand she is still the same victim, got robbed, beaten and almost raped. But within all the scumb she found a friend: the old, grumpy Dogwalker Betsy, who teaches her that

April 27, 2010

Ted Peterson