A Boy and His Dog has won a cult following of its own for its offbeat, sardonic look into the future.
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
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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... 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 Blood to find him something much more scarce: female companionship. The bedraggled duo eventually discover an underground society of survivors, called "Down Under," where they have reproduced the look of pre-apocalypse Americana but with frighteningly totalitarian politics. A cult black comedy based on the novella by Harlan Ellison. [More]
Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore
Starring: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, Helen Winston, Charles McGraw, Tim McIntire
Director: L.Q. Jones
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.
Jones' debut as a director nevertheless has a distinctive tang, as affably unprincipled as the series of villains he played for Sam Peckinpah.
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.
Set on a desert landscape a while after a nuclear holocaust, the film is about a young man, played by Don Johnson, who has a telepathic bond with a dog, the latter basically being the smarter of the two. He helps the dog find food and the dog helps him sn
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.
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.
The good ideas are marred by awkwardness; the terrible ideas are redeemed somewhat by being, at least, unpredictable.
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